Fournier RF-47 explained
The
Fournier RF-47 is a 1990s
French two-seat
light aircraft designed and built by Avions Fournier. First flown 9 April 1993, it is a low-wing
tricycle landing gear monoplane. The prototype was powered by a 900NaN0 Sauer modified
Volkswagen air-cooled engine but it was intended that production aircraft would be fitted with a 900NaN0
Limbach L2400 engine with the Sauer engine as an option. The RF-47 has an enclosed cockpit with side-by-side configuration seating for two under a single piece
canopy, the canopy hinges at the rear