page_title: Rubik R-22 Futár
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: Rubik R-22 Futár / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Rubik R-22 Futár vitorlázó repülőgép. Location: Hungary, Budapest II., Hármashatárhegy Airport Tags: sailplane, airport, Hungarian brand, Budapest Title: Rubik R-22 Futár vitorlázó repülőgép.
context_page_description: The 1943 Hungarian Rubik R-22 Futár family of single seat, high performance sailplanes was developed between 1943 and 1958, though production did not begin until 1948. Four variants were serially produced, with the R-22S Június 18 the most numerous. There were several improvements within the types and there were three one-offs. Overall, 104 were built. They set numerous national records and one finished runner-up for distance at the 1958 VIIth World Gliding Championships, coming 11th overall.
context_section_description: The prototype R-22 first flew in the winter of 1943 and gained its airworthiness certificate, permitting cloud flight and basic aerobatics, the following spring. Production was delayed by the war and the prototype was slightly damaged at an airshow in the summer of 1944. Repairs were completed in 1947 and another ten were produced between 1948 and 1950.
  The R-22S Junius 18 first flew on 29 June 1950. Production followed rapidly, with seventy examples in total. It set many Hungarian records between 1950 and 1955.
  Ten R-22SV Super Futár (B Futár) first flew in March 1957 and ten were built. The same year they also set several new national records. Ten of the C Futárs, the first flown April 1958, were built.
  The sole Sandard Futár competed at the VIIth World Gliding Championships, held in Lezno in 1958. Nandor Opitz flew it into 11th place overall and flew the second greatest distance (510 km (320 mi; 280 nmi)), gaining the first Hungarian Diamond C badge in the process.
caption: R-22 Futár HA-4055
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