That aircraft... It can be used at all places at all scenarios due to its short takeoff and landing abilities. She can glide well so it's a hybrid.

— Iskra Lyumibov, Russian Air Force personnel.

Just a simple build for now.

The United Glider Association Pigeon is a powered glider/utility aircraft flown in 2002 from a modified wartime glider as a testbed and research aircraft for the Short Strategic Transport competition of air forces.

Initially built from the United States, however interest from Russian military and civilian operators led to export and licence production of the aircraft at the Zhukov bureau at Perm as the Zhukov Dragonfly, with Russian-made avionics.

The fuselage and the wings (except for the fin) are based on the wartime Buddy glider. Unlike the Buddy, the Pigeon has a longer, single tail assembly, departing from the twin-tail assembly, leading to slight stability problems in gliding.

The ability to use motorcycle engines made it more versatile and economically friendly, and subsequently, the Pigeon became a symbol for reliability.

The aircraft, both UGA and Zhukov bureaus are still continuing building the aircraft for use, despite being limited as a prototype.

Specifications

Maximum speed: 168 km/h TAS near sea level
Takeoff speed: 63 km/h TAS flaps down
Landing speed: ~50 km/h TAS