Alfons Pützer and Comte Antoine d’Assche, director of the French company Alpavia SA, formed a new company in 1966, Sportavia-Pützer, to produce the Fournier series of light aircraft.
Formed to take over from Alpavia SA manufacture of Avion-Planeur series designed by Rene Fournier, by spring 1969 had delivered 150 RF4D single-seaters. Two-seat RF5 flew 1968, followed by RF6 and RS180 Sportsman four-seat lightplane.
Sportavia Pützer went bankrupt in 1977 not long after the first prototype RF-9 had made its maiden flight.
Became entirely owned by Rhein-Flugzeugbau GmbH 1977 and lost name 1981.