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09/30/2007. Design of this single-seat light ground-support aircraft was started in 1953 by Major Nurtanio Pringgoadisuryo. It was built by the Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia, Staf Teknik Udara, Seksi Pertjobaan (Indonesian Air Force, Technical Staff, Aircraft Maintenance Depot, Experimental Section), at Bandung, Java. Powered by a 200 hp de Havilland Gipsy Six Srs.1 six-cylinder inverted in-line air-cooled engine, the aircraft was flown for the first time on August 1, 1954. The aircraft is often designated as a Lipnur product, but that organization (Lembaga Industri Penerbangan Nurtanio, Department of the Indonesian Air Force, Nurtanio Aircraft Industry) became the successor to the above mentioned organization only in 1966.