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flat-four air-cooled engine driving a two-bladed metal fixed pitch propeller, Freiberger enclosed the engine in a radial-style cowling to give the aircraft a look of the early 1930s racing aircraft.
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designed and built by Ronald D. Freiberger, it was highly modified aerobatic variant of the
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flat-four air-cooled engine , 160 hp (120 kW)
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271:. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks.
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195:140 mph (225 km/h, 120 kn)
109:. Powered by a 160 hp (119 kW)
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518:International Miniature Aerobatic Club
501:Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
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372:Red Bull Air Race World Championship
357:FAI European Aerobatic Championships
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1021:1970s United States sport aircraft
152:24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
146:19 ft 0 in (5.79 m)
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362:FAI World Aerobatic Championships
158:4 ft 0 in (1.22 m)
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219:1,300 ft/min (6.6 m/s)
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267:Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1973).
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352:European Gliding Championships
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496:British Aerobatic Association
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213:10,000 ft (3,050 m)
1046:Aircraft first flown in 1971
513:International Aerobatic Club
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395:Loop (inside & outside)
377:World Gliding Championships
170:1,800 lb (816 kg)
164:1,135 lb (514 kg)
103:tailwheel type landing gear
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544:Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad
334:List of aerobatic aircraft
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57:Ronald Darwin Freiberger
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75:is an American two-seat
131:General characteristics
93:Design and development
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854:Maciej Pospieszyński
614:Giovanni De Briganti
367:FAI World Grand Prix
480:Zurabatic cartwheel
252:Taylor 1973, p. 329
1041:Aerobatic aircraft
1026:Homebuilt aircraft
884:Betty Skelton Erde
824:Alexandr Panfierov
809:Catherine Maunoury
549:Lincoln J. Beachey
178:Lycoming O-320-B1B
111:Lycoming O-320-B1B
73:Freiberger Ron's 1
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719:Svetlana Kapanina
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629:Matthias Dolderer
619:Tommaso Dal Molin
609:Mario de Bernardi
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869:Olaf Schmidt
799:Mike Mangold
784:Jerzy Makula
734:Charlie Kulp
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415:Falling leaf
400:Aileron roll
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704:Petr Jirmus
689:Bevo Howard
604:Vicki Cruse
599:Marion Cole
594:Julie Clark
579:Pip Borrman
539:Hannes Arch
410:Cuban eight
405:Barrel roll
186:Performance
174:Powerplant:
1015:Categories
934:Ernst Udet
899:Gene Soucy
874:Art Scholl
769:Nancy Lynn
749:Amanda Lee
744:Nigel Lamb
684:Bob Hoover
318:Aerobatics
226:References
205:Endurance:
754:Jim LeRoy
674:Ray Hanna
664:Matt Hall
624:Glen Dell
465:Tailslide
387:Maneuvers
150:Wingspan:
122:Data from
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80:aerobatic
77:homebuilt
54:Designer
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32:aerobatic
29:homebuilt
27:Two-seat
470:Scissors
435:Lomcovak
326:Aircraft
107:cockpits
99:Ceconite
19:Ron's 1
455:Split S
156:Height:
144:Length:
527:Pilots
430:Kulbit
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988:Other
231:Notes
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24:Role
450:Spin
445:Slip
273:ISBN
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