<p>Built 1980
This machine is Norway’s first three axes microlight.
On display in the Civil Aircraft Hall of the Norsk Luftfartsmuseum (Norwegian Aviation Museum).
Bodø, Northern Norway
24th May 2019
</p><p>The following information is from the Museum website:-
</p><p>“The museum’s Rally is Norway’s first microlight with conventional controls and control surfaces in all three axes - so the aircraft can be flown with stick and pedals like a normal aircraft. It was manufactured in 1980 and was imported by Even Birkeland in 1984. 
It is a good example of an early microlight. With its simple construction it is often compared to a motorised hang glider with wheels. It is constructed of aluminium struts and wires, fabric, a snow scooter engine, a couple of wheels and a plastic dining chair.
When the aircraft was imported in 1984, there were no regulations for microlights in Norway. Birkeland belonged to a small group with a landing strip at Kløfta, who were working to put the rules in place. Because he had a glider pilot’s licence, had flown some hours on powered aircraft and had previously flown this type of machine abroad, the aviation authorities gave him dispensation to fly.
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The machine flew for a few years and was then transferred to the Norwegian Technical Museum. It was stored there for a while and was then lent to a restaurant on Aker Brygge, before being sent back to Birkeland. Even Birkeland donated the aircraft to the Norwegian Aviation Museum in 2016.“
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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