GLIDERS IMPORTED TO OR BUILT UNDER LICENCE IN HUNGARY
1929-1945
Type designation: Falke
Name: Falke
Designer: Lippisch, Alexander
Class: Advanced trainer
Wing span: 12.60 m
Crew: 1
First flight in Hungary: 1932
Number of built: 1
Number of imported: 0

Short historical background:

The Central Repair Facility of Hungarian Railways, Istvántelek, Budapest, which was the main supporter of MÁVAERO bought the drawings of the RRG Falke and built one at their railway carriage workshop in 1932. Most of the memebers of MÁVAERO gained their C badge piloting this glider. Ferenc Tariska flying the Falke for 5 hours 35 minutes in 1934 earned the first leg of his D badge, the first one at the MÁVAERO.

Production
Central Repair Facility of Hungarian Railways, Istvántelek, Budapest 1934 1







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