Piaggio P.149
| Piaggio P.149 | |
|---|---|
| |
| Role | Utility liaison or training monoplane |
| Manufacturer | Piaggio Aero Focke-Wulf |
| First flight | 19 June 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 is a 1950s Italian utility and 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
- Italian Air Force operated two Piaggio P.149Ds from 1953 until 1955[5]
- Nigerian Air Force operated 12 Piaggo P.149D in 1967[6]
Specifications (P.149D)
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2714
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: three or four passengers or one trainee
Performance
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
- ^ a b Gandet 2001, pp. 42–43.
- ^ Wheeler 1980, p. 1339.
- ^ Piaggio P-149D
- ^ "Piaggio P.149D". Israeli Airforce Website. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Italian Air Force". aeroflight. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ Jowett, Philip (2016). Modern African Wars (5): The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967-70. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-1472816092.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - ^ 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.