The PIK-3 (Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho – Finnish institute of technology students flying club) was a sailplane produced in Finland in the 1950s and 60s.
[1] It was designed to be a cheap and easy-to-build aircraft[2] to equip the country's gliding clubs as their standard single-seat machine.
[2][3][4] By the end of the 1950s, a third modification of the original design was carried out by Olavi Roininen[4] as the PIK-3C.
[2] The prototype flew on 20 May 1958,[2][3] and the design was then modified for production by Suomen Ilmailuliitto.
[3] Data from Jane's World Sailplanes and Motor Gliders,[2] The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde[5]General characteristics Performance