Piaggio P.149
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| Role | Utility liaison or training monoplane |
| Manufacturer | Piaggio Aero Focke-Wulf |
| First flight | 1953 |
| Primary users | German Air Force Swissair Flying School |
| Number built | 88 (Piaggio) 190 (Focke-Wulf) |
| Developed from | Piaggio P.148 |
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The Piaggio P.149 was an 1950s Italian utility or liaison aircraft designed and built by Piaggio. The aircraft was built under licence by Focke-Wulf in West Germany as the FWP.149D.
Development
The P.149 was developed as a four-seat touring variant of the earlier P.148. The P.149 is an all-metal, low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear with room for four or five occupants. The prototype first flew on 19 June 1953.
Only a few were sold, until the German Air Force selected the aircraft for a training and utility role. Piaggio delivered 72 aircraft to Germany, and another 190 were built in Germany by Focke-Wulf as the FWP.149D.
Operational history
The aircraft was operated by the German Air Force between 1957 and 1990.
Swissair's Flying School based at Bern (Belp) airfield used a small fleet of the type to provide primary instruction to trainee pilots.[1]
Operators
- Austrian Air Force - One aircraft.
- Italian Air Force operated two Piaggio P.149D from 1953 until 1955[4]
- Tanzanian Air Force[6]
Specifications (P.149D)
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2714
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 3 or 4 passengers or 1 trainee
- Length: 8.80 m (28 ft 10½ in)
- Wingspan: 11.12 m (36 ft 5¾ in)
- Height: 2.90 m (9 ft 6¼ in)
- Wing area: 18.85 m2 (202.91 ft2)
- Empty weight: 1,160 kg (2,557 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,680 kg (3,704 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming GO-480 B1A6 flat-six geared piston engine, 142 kW (270 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 234 km/h (145 mph)
- Range: 925 km (575 miles)
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,404 ft)
See also
- Related development
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gandet 2001, pp. 42–43.
- ↑ Wheeler 1980, p. 1339.
- ↑ Piaggio P-149D
- ↑ aeroflight
- ↑ Wheeler 1980, p. 1359.
- ↑ Donald 1997, p. 735.
- ↑ Wheeler 1980, p. 1374.
- Donald, David. The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Leicester, UK: Blitz Editions, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.
- Gandet, Erich. "'Wulf' in Sheep's Clothing: Farewell to Swissair's P.149s". Air Enthusiast. No. 92. March/April 2001. ISSN 0143-5450. pp. 42–43.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2714.
- Stevens, James Hay. "Fully Aerobatic Four-Seater". Flight, 18 July 1958, p. 73.
- Wheeler, Barry C. "World's Air Forces 1980". Flight International, 4 October 1980. pp. 1323–1378.
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