Macchi M.B.308

MB.308
Aermacchi MB-308 in flight at the Historical Aircraft Group FlyParty 2014
Role Utility aircraft
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Macchi, German Bianco
Designer Ermanno Bazzocchi
First flight 19 January 1947
Primary users Aero clubs
Private pilot owners
Number built 183


The Macchi MB.308, later Aermacchi MB-308, was a light aircraft produced in Italy in the late 1940s, one of the most prolific Italian-built types of the following decade. It was a conventional high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage. Construction throughout was of wood. The pilot and a single passenger or instructor sat side by side, and later examples had a third seat behind them.

The MB.308 was ordered in quantity by the Aeronautica Militare, which leased them out to Italy's aeroclubs. A modified version with a higher-powered engine was put into production in Argentina, under licence to sailplane manufacturer German Bianco.


Operators

 Argentina
 Egypt
 Italy
 Lebanon

Variants

Specifications (MB.308 (C85 engine))

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1955–56[2]

General characteristics

Performance



References

  1. aeroflight
  2. Bridgman 1955, p. 172.
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