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Fiat G.2

The Fiat G.2 was an Italian three-engine six-passenger monoplane transport aircraft designed by Giuseppe Gabrielli.

The aircraft was an important step for the Fiat company as their first low-wing cantilever monoplane. The structure was all-metal, with fabric-covered control surfaces. It had a wide-track tailwheel undercarriage was fixed, and its mainwheels were covered by spats. The tailwheel was free-pivoting.

The aircraft was powered by three 135 hp Fiat A.60 inline piston engines, one mounted on the fuselage nose, and two in wing-mounted nacelles. Variants were also produced with other engine installations. The enclosed cabin had space for six passengers.

The prototype first flew in 1932, max speed was 145 mph with a cruise of 115 mph, the G.2 represented a promising design, however it failed to sell and operated only a limited service with the ALI airline between Turin and Milan. The aircraft was also operated in Brazil.

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Fiat G.5

The Fiat G.5 was an Italian two-seat aerobatic tourer / trainer.

The aircraft first flew in 1933, powered by a 135 hp Fiat A.70 radial piston engine.It was designed originally as a two-seat light aerobatic trainer, it was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear and tandem open cockpits for the instructor and pupil.

It was built in small numbers and was followed by a prototype G.5/2 with an inverted inline 140 hp Fiat A.60. A small number were also built of the G.5bis which was fitted with a higher output 200 hp Fiat A.70 engine. This gave a max speed of 165 mph, and a cruise of 130 mph.
Some aircraft were later modified to single-seat configuration.One example of the G.5bis, registered I-BFFI, survived in civil ownership and operation until 1955 and is now preserved in a museum.

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Fiat G.8

The Fiat G.8 was a military utility aircraft from the mid-1930s.

The design and production took place at the CMASA works in Pisa which became part of Fiat in 1930, the type is sometimes referred to as the CMASA G.8 or Fiat-CMASA G.8.
It was a conventional biplane design with staggered wings of unequal span braced by struts,The pilot and a single passenger (or instructor) sat in tandem open cockpits, and the aircraft was fitted with fixed tailskid undercarriage with divided main units.

The powerplant was a 135 hp Fiat A.54 engine, which was good for a max speed of 132 mph, with a cruise of 110 mph. The aircraft first flew 24th Feb 1934, 60 aircraft were purchased by the Regia Aeronautica and used for liaison and training duties.

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Fiat G.12

The Fiat G.12 was an Italian transport aircraft of World War II.

The G.12 was an all-metal low-wing transport aircraft. It had three 770 hp Fiat A.74 R.C.42 radial engines, one mounted on the nose and the other two in wing-mounted nacelles.
It first flew 15th October 1940, 104 were built and the last aircraft retired from service in 1956.
The engines drove three-blade feathering metal propellers. The mainwheels of its landing gear retracted into the nacelles; the tailwheel was fixed.Later versions had Alfa Romeo 128 radial engines.

The flight deck and cabin were fully enclosed. Access was via a door to the rear of the wing.The aircraft had a crew of four, and could carry 14 troops or 24 passengers,depending on the variant.
The G.12 was designed as a civil aircraft, but served mainly in military roles during the war, with Italy, Germany and Hungary. Only a limited number were built, some as late as 1944, after the Italian armistice. 104 were built in total.

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Fiat G.18

The Fiat G.18 was an Italian airliner developed in the mid-1930s.

It`s first flight was 18th March 1935, but the feedback received was that the type was underpowered, the first three aircraft had 700 hp Fiat A.59 radial engines.
It was a low-wing monoplane with the engines mounted on the wings, similar in appearance to the Douglas DC-2. The main units of the tailwheel undercarriage retracted into the engine nacelles, leaving their wheels partially exposed. The cabin seated 18 passengers.

Three G.18s were put into service with Fiat's own airline, ALI, early in 1936. Fiat came up with a revised version, the G.18V which had more powerful engines 1000hp FIAT A.80`s , and a redesigned fin . Six of the improved versions were delivered to ALI, which operated them on its European routes until the outbreak of war.
In June 1940, ALI was under control of the Regia Aeronautica, and the G.18s were put to use as transports. Just nine aircraft were completed, and none survived the war.

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Fiat G.49

The Fiat G.49 was a two-seat basic trainer designed by Giuseppe Gabrielli .

It was to be a replacement for the US North American T-6 advanced trainer and was first flown in September 1952. The aircraft was an all-metal low-wing monoplane with retractable tailwheel landing gear. It had an enclosed cockpit with a raised canopy for a pupil and instructor in tandem. Two variants were built with different engine types ; the G.49-1 with a 550 hp Alvis Leonides radial engine and the G.49-2 with a 600 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1 Wasp radial engine.

The aircraft was evaluated by the Italian Air Force, but no orders were placed despite the good overall performance.

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Fiat G.80 / G.82


The Fiat G.80 was a military jet trainer developed in the 1950s.

It was italy`s first true jet-powered aircraft, a conventional low-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle undercarriage and engine air intakes on the fuselage sides.Pilot and instructor sat in tandem under a long bubble canopy.The aircraft made it`s first flight 9th December 1951.

Two G.80 prototypes were followed by three preproduction machines, but the Aeronautica Militare found it unsuitable for their requirements and did not purchase it in quantity.
Fiat developed an improved version, dubbed the G.82, for entry in a NATO competition to select a standard jet trainer.

The G.82 featured a longer fuselage, a Rolls-Royce Nene engine in place of the G.80's de Havilland Goblin, and wingtip tanks. Five aircraft were built, but the competition was cancelled,the G.82 was not selected by NATO or the Aeronautica Militare, the development programme was ended.
The G.82s were used for a few years by the Aeronautica Militare's training school at Amendola before being handed over to the ("Department of Experimental Flight") in 1957.

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Fiat G.212

The Fiat G.212 was a tri-engine airliner of the 1940s.

It was a scaled up development of Fiat's earlier G.12 transport, and was used in small numbers in commercial service and by the Italian Air Force.
The first prototype G.212, the G.212CA military transport, flew on 19 January 1947. It was a low-wing all-metal monoplane with a retractable tailwheel undercarriage, the G.212 was longer, and had a larger wing and a wider fuselage, than the G.12. It was powered by three 860 hp Alfa Romeo 128 radial engines.

It was followed by two civil version, the G.212CP airliner, with accommodation for 34 passengers, and the G.212TP freighter, both used the more powerful 1065 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engines.Max speed was 240 mph with a cruise of 190 mph, the aircraft had two pilots and a radio operator.

The G.212CP entered service in 1947 with Avio Linee Italiane which ordered six, which operated on routes within Europe.
New G.212s were also bought by the Egyptian airline SAIDE, which received three aircraft in 1948, and the French airline Cie Air Transport. Four of the Avio Linee Italiane aircraft were sold to Ali Flotte Riunite, one of which was sold again to the Kuwaiti airline Arabian Desert Airlines. In total 45 machines were completed.

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Fiat B.R. Series.

The Fiat B.R. 1/4 was a light bomber series, desgined just after WWI.

The B.R was a development of the SIA 9 reconnaissance aircraft, but the aircraft had substantial strengthening. The layout was identical to its predecessor: a two-bay biplane with tandem, open cockpits for pilot and observer, and tailskid undercarriage. Shortly after entering service with the Regia Aeronautica, an improved version using the Warren truss-style bracing that would become a hallmark of Fiat BR designs over the next decade, was produced.

At its peak, the BR equipped 15 light bomber squadrons of the Regia Aeronautica. Two examples were also exported to Sweden, and one to Hungary.
In 1922, a specially modified BR designated the R.700 was used to set the absolute world airspeed record at 336 km/h (210 mph).

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Fiat C.29

The Fiat C.29 was a racing seaplane designed by Celestino Rosatelli and built in the late-1920s by Fiat Aviazione for the 1929 Schneider Trophy air race.

It first flew in early June 1929, the twin-float monoplane racer was reported to be laterally unstable. Unusually, the wing structure featured a wooden spar but was skinned with aluminium alloy sheeting. The aircraft used the 1010 hp Fiat AS.5 V-12 engine, specifically designed for this aircraft to minimise frontal area.

On 12 June 1929, Test Pilot Francesco Agello hit the wash of a boat whilst landing causing the first prototype, works number 129, to bounce in the air, stall and dive vertically into the water. Agello was rescued unharmed after being thrown out of the cockpit. The second prototype, 130, was quickly completed, this aircraft having larger tail surfaces to correct the stability problems.

On 12 August 1929, whilst demonstrating the aircraft, the second prototype was written off after sinking back onto the water on its third attempt at a takeoff, Agello was uninjured, but the aircraft was destroyed, the engine sank to the bottom of Lake Garda.
Italo Balbo ordered a third aircraft to be built, 130bis, and sent directly to England without being test-flown for the approaching Schneider Trophy competition. The C.29 did appear at RAF Calshot but did not fly during the competition, the Italian team placing second, fourth and sixth using Macchi M.52 and M.67 racers. The third and sole remaining C.29 is on display at the Italian Air Force Museum.

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Fiat CR.25

The Fiat CR.25 was a twin-engine reconnaissance-bomber fighter aircraft which served in small numbers for the Regia Aeronautica during World War II.

40 CR.25s were ordered (later reduced to ten, the two prototypes and other eight airplanes) after the failure of the Breda Ba.88 bomber. It was decided to use the CR.25 as a reconnaissance plane and escort fighter, with a total of nine aircraft (a prototype and the eight pre-production aircraft) for this role. Despite positive reports from the pilots, and a proposal by Fiat to resume production, no further aircraft were produced.

The aircraft first flew 22nd July 1937, it had a crew of 2 or 3 depending on the role.It was powered by two 841 hp Fiat A.74 R.C.38 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, which gave it a max speed of 280 mph. It was armed with 3 × 12.7 mm (0.500 in) Breda-SAFAT machine guns and could carry a small bomb load of up to 300kg.

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Fiat CR.30

The Fiat CR.30 was a 1930s Italian single-seat biplane fighter aircraft.

The Fiat CR.30 was a design by Celestino Rosatelli for a single-seat fighter. Four prototypes were built with the first flight occurring in March 1932. The CR.30 was a biplane with W-form struts and a fixed tailwheel landing gear.
The aircraft was powered by a 600 hp Fiat A.30 R.A. V-12 piston engine. The impressive performance led to orders from the Regia Aeronautica for 121 aircraft.

Two of the prototypes were converted into two-seaters designated CR.30B for use as trainers and liaison aircraft. A large number of single-seaters were converted into two-seaters as they were replaced with more modern types.The air force later ordered an additional 20 new-build CR.30Bs.The aircraft was also operated by other European air forces with the Hungarian Air Force being the largest foreign operator, using two CR.30s from 1936 and one single-seater and ten CR.30bs from 1938.

In total 176 were built in a production run that lasted from 1932 to 1935.

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Fiat R.2

The Fiat R.2 was a reconnaissance aircraft produced shortly after World War I, and it was the first aircraft to be marketed under the Fiat brand, (previously they had been marketed as by SIA).

It was a conventional two-bay biplane with equal-span, with unstaggered wings and fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and observer sat in tandem open cockpits. The design was a derivative of the SIA 7 and SIA 9 flown during the war, but was developed and revised by Rosatelli to correct ongoing problems with those types. A total of 129 were produced for the Air Corps of the Regio Esercito.
The aircraft was powered by a 300 hp Fiat A.12bis engine, which gave a max speed of 108 mph. They were armed with between 1 and 3 machine guns

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FIAT A.120

The FIAT A.120 also known as the Ansaldo A.120, FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino - ) bought Ansaldo, was a reconnaissance aircraft developed in the 1920s.
It was a parasol-wing monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage, the crew of pilot and observer had tandem open cockpits. The design was based on a wing developed for the Ansaldo A.115 and the fuselage of the Dewoitine D.1 fighters that Ansaldo had built under licence.
The type was operated in modest quantities by the Italian Air Force, and was exported to the air forces of Austria and Lithuania.

The aircraft was powered by a 550 hp Fiat A.22 piston engine, which gave a max speed of 158 mph and a cruise of 125 mph. It was armed by 2 fixed, forward-firing 7.7. mm machine guns and a similar rear firing weapon for the observer.A total of 77 aircraft were built.

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Fiat RS.14

The Fiat RS.14 was a long-range maritime strategic reconnaissance floatplane.

It was a four/five crew all-metal low/mid-wing monoplane powered by two wing-mounted 840 hp Fiat A.74 R.C.38 engines. It had a conventional tail unit with a single fin and rudder. Its undercarriage consisted of two large floats on struts. It had a glazed nose for an observer or bomb aimer. The pilot and copilot sat side by side with a wireless operator's area behind them.

The first of two prototypes flew in May 1939.A prototype landplane version AS.14 was built and first flown on 11 August 1943. It was designed as a ground-attack aircraft and intended to be armed with a 37 mm (1.5 in) cannon and 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns. It was not ordered and no others were built.

The RS.14 went into service with the Italian Air Force with a number of maritime strategic reconnaissance squadrons where they were used for convoy escort duties and anti-submarine patrols.  At the end of the Second World War the aircraft were used for liaison duties around the Mediterranean carrying up to four passengers. Including the two prototypes 186 aircraft were built.

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Fiat 7002

The Fiat Model 7002 was a 1960s general-purpose helicopter with a tip-jet driven rotor.

It had a very unusual-shaped fuselage made from alloy sheets to hold two crew and up to five passengers.The fuselage was mounted on a skid landing gear and it had a simple tailboom with a tail rotor.
The aircraft was powered by a Fiat 4700 Turbo-compressor of 530 hp.Max speed was 110 mph with a standard cruise of 85 mph.
The two-blade main rotor was mounted above the fuselage, with the rotor driven by compressed air propulsion nozzles at the blade-tips.The prototype helicopter first flew on 26 January 1961 but no production aircraft were built.

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Fratelli Nardi FN.305

The Fratelli Nardi FN.305 was an Italian fighter trainer and liaison monoplane produced by the Fratelli Nardi company.

The FN.305 was a low-wing monoplane of mixed construction. It had tailskid landing gear, with the main gear retracting inwards. It was powered by a nose-mounted 200 hp Fiat A.70S inline piston engine.The prototype was a tandem two-seater with an enclosed cockpit. It was intended to produce both single-seat and two-seat variants and the next prototype was a single-seat fighter trainer followed by a two-seat basic trainer prototype which both had open cockpits.

The FN.305 was designed as a trainer and liaison aircraft and the prototype first flew on 19 January 1935.It was re-engined with a 185 hp Alfa Romeo 115 engine as the FN.305A which then entered production by Piaggio as the Nardi works did not have enough capacity to build the aircraft.
The Italian Air Force had ordered 258 aircraft, mostly two-seat FN.305A fighter trainers and liaison aircraft. A few of the aircraft were completed as single-seat open-cockpit FN.305Cs and enclosed-cockpit FN.305Ds. In 1938 nine aircraft were sold to Chile and 31 to Romania. Romania then built 124 aircraft under licence by SET. The largest export order came from France but only 41 had been delivered when Italy declared war on France in June 1940. The final export customer was Hungary which ordered 50.

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Fratelli Nardi  FN.310

The Nardi FN.310 was a  four-seat touring monoplane similar but larger than the earlier Nardi FN.305.

It first flew in 1936 the FN.310 was a four-seat touring monoplane powered by a single 180 hp Fiat A.70S radial engine. It had two pairs of side-by-side seats.An ambulance variant had room for stretcher instead of the rear seats.

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Fratelli Nardi FN.316

The FN.316 was an advanced fighter trainer monoplane developed from the Nardi FN.305.

The prototype first flew in late 1941.The FN.316 was a low-wing monoplane powered by a nose-mounted 270 hp Isotta Frashchini Beta RC 10 1Z. The engine had major cooling problems and only an initial order for 50 aircraft was placed for the Italian Air Force. The production aircraft had modified tail units and the single-seater had an enclosed cockpit. Both single-seat (FN.316M) and two-seat (FN.316B) variants were produced.

The aircraft carried 1 or 2 x 7.7mm (0.303in) synchronised machine-guns, and a max speed of just over 200 mph.
The two-seat FN.316Bs entered service with Italian Air Force flying schools in January 1942, followed by the two-seat FN.316Ms in June 1943. After the armistice seven aircraft were flown by the German Luftwaffe in Northern Italy. Forty-nine aircraft were completed in the production run.

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Fratelli Nardi FN.333 Riviera

The Nardi FN.333 Riviera, later SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera, is a luxury touring amphibious aircraft designed and developed in the 1950s and produced in small numbers by Savoia-Marchetti.

The first prototype Riviera was a three-seat aircraft, and made its maiden flight on 4 December 1952, it was to be the only FN.333 powered by a 145 hp Continental fan-cooled engine.
With the second prototype a more powerful engine was used, as well as the addition of a fourth seat. The second prototype made its first flight on 8 December 1954. The Nardi Company lacked the resources to fully develop the Riviera, and as a result the third aircraft did not fly until 14 October 1956.

Power for this aircraft was provided by a 240 hp Continental O-470-H engine. This aircraft was designated the FN.333S and was to be the basis for series production. Lacking further resources, Nardi sold the manufacturing rights for the Riviera to the much larger SIAI-Marchetti in March 1959.

The first S.I.A.I.-Marchetti manufactured Riviera was completed in February 1962, and by January 1963 the company had delivered four of the aircraft to customers in the USA. The SIAI-Marchetti version had improved power provided by a 250 hp Continental IO-470-P engine, equipped with fuel injection, and manufactured for a pusher-style aircraft. In 1961 the Riviera became available in the United States, where it was initially sold through the North Star Company of Newark, New Jersey. ServAir Inc. of Detroit sold the Riviera in Detroit, Michigan, and received its first Riviera on 13 July 1962.

The Riviera is similar to the famous Republic Seabee of the 1940s. The major difference between the Riviera and the Seabee is the use of a high twin-boom tail arrangement on the Riviera while the Seabee uses a single conventional tail. The Riviera uses a tricycle landing gear, with the nose gear retracting into the nose and concealed behind two small nose gear doors. As a result, forward visibility is somewhat better in the Riviera than in the Seabee when taxiing or taking off on land.
Out of an original production run of just 26 aircraft over six years less only half a dozen are believed airworthy today.

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IRI T22B

The IRI T22B is an Italian helicopter that was designed and produced by Italian Rotors Industries of Aprilia, Lazio.

The T22B features a single main rotor and tail rotor,it has two-seats in side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with a windshield, skid landing gear and a four-cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke 160 hp Lycoming O-320-B2C aircraft engine. Max Speed is 121 mph and a cruise of 100 mph.

The aircraft fuselage is made from composites.The aircraft has a two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 7.6 m (24.9 ft). With full fuel of 70 litres (15 imp gal; 18 US gal), the payload for the crew, passenger and baggage is 244 kg (538 lb).
The company was founded in 2013 and went out of business in June 2016, ending production.

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IRI T250A

The IRI T250A is an helicopter that was designed and produced by Italian Rotors Industries of Aprilia, Lazio and introduced in 2015.
The T250A features a single main rotor and tail rotor,it has two-seats side-by-side in an enclosed cockpit with a windshield, skid landing gear and a 250 hp PBS TS 100 turboshaft engine made by PBS Velká Bíteš.

It has a max speed of 121 mph and a cruise of 109 mph.The aircraft fuselage is made from composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 24.9 ft. With full fuel of 130 litres (29 imp gal; 34 US gal) the payload for the crew, passenger and baggage is 261 kg (575 lb).

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IMAM Ro.5

The IMAM Ro.5 was a sport aircraft produced in the late 1920s.

It was a, parasol wing monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage and tandem open cockpits in tandem.The type first flew in 1929 and was popular with private owners and flying clubs, and was built in large numbers.
Some Ro.5s were purchased by the Regia Aeronautica for use as trainers and liaison aircraft. A later version, the Ro.5bis, enclosed the cockpits under a long canopy.
The aircraft was powered by a 85hp Walter NZ 85 7-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, which gave a max speed of 109 mph.

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IMAM Ro.30

The IMAM Ro.30 was a 1930s Italian observation biplane that was only built in small numbers.

The Ro.30 was developed in 1932 for the Regia Aeronautica, and made it`s first flight in the same year. It was an unequal-span biplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear. It had an enclosed cockpit for the pilot located forward of the wing leading edge, an observer had a cabin between the wings, and the third crew member had an open cockpit behind the wings.
It was powered either a 530 hp Alfa Romeo Mercury or a 530 hp Piaggio Jupiter radial engine,which gave a max speed of around 140 mph.
The aircraft was armed with 3 x 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-guns.

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IMAM Ro.37

The IMAM Ro.37 Lince (Italian: "Lynx") was a two-seater reconnaissance biplane.

It made it`s first flight 6th Nov 1933, it was a two crew biplane of mixed construction, and a 560 hp Fiat A.30 R.A. V-12 engine. It reached 186 mph and perhaps even more with this engine, the same as that of the Fiat CR.32. The Ro.37 had a 7,000 m (22,966 ft) ceiling, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) climb in 11 minutes, over 1,200 km (750 mi) range, carrying three machine guns (two in the nose and one dorsal), twelve 15 kg (33 lb) bombs.

It was later fitted with the 600 hp Piaggio Stella P.IX R.C.40 radial engine which had better reliability and this was the main version produced.
The Ro. 37 served as standard equipment in observation units for many years. However, during WWII, and particularly on the African front, the aeroplane was used in other roles, including tactical support and fighter duty.The aircraft also served in the Spanish Civil War, with the first ten arriving in late 1936. Another 26 (possibly 58) went to this theatre and were used for many missions and tasks.
Some were in service up to 1943 and perhaps even later. They were very vulnerable, but in World War II Italy did not have sufficient resources to produce a better observation aircraft

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