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.

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
German Air Force Focke-Wulf built FWP.149D at Hanover Airport in 1966
Piaggio P.149E of the Swissair Flying School at Bern (Belp) airfield in 1973
Focke-Wulf FWP. 149D in Canadian civil service
P.149D

Development

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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.[1] The prototype first flew on 19 June 1953.[2]

Only a few were sold, until the German Air Force selected the aircraft for a training and utility role. Piaggio delivered 76 aircraft out of a total of 88 built in Italy to Germany, while another 190 were built in Germany by Focke-Wulf.[2][3]

Operational history

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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.[3]

Operators

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  Germany
  Israel
  Italy
  Nigeria
  Switzerland
  Tanzania
  Uganda
Ugandan Air Force[10]

Specifications (P.149D)

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Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59[11]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 2-3
  • Length: 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 11.12 m (36 ft 6 in)
  • Height: 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 18.81 m2 (202.5 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 6.6
  • Airfoil: root: NACA 230 series; tip: NACA 4412[12]
  • Empty weight: 1,160 kg (2,557 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,680 kg (3,704 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming GO-480 B1A6 , 200 kW (270 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 304 km/h (189 mph, 164 kn) at sea level
285 km/h (177 mph; 154 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
  • Cruise speed: 266 km/h (165 mph, 144 kn) at 2,300 m (7,500 ft) and 67% METO power
  • Stall speed: 92 km/h (57 mph, 50 kn) at sea level with flaps
  • Range: 1,090 km (680 mi, 590 nmi) with 30 minutes reserve
  • Service ceiling: 6,050 m (19,850 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 5 m/s (980 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 89.3 kg/m2 (18.3 lb/sq ft)
  • Power/mass: 0.120 kW/kg (0.073 hp/lb)
  • Take-off distance to 15 m (50 ft): 405 m (1,330 ft) in nil wind
  • Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft): 315 m (1,030 ft) in nil wind

See also

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Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Citations

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  1. ^ Stevens 1958, p. 73
  2. ^ a b Simpson 1995, p. 279
  3. ^ a b c Gandet 2001, pp. 42–43.
  4. ^ Wheeler 1980, p. 1339.
  5. ^ Piaggio P-149D
  6. ^ "Piaggio P.149D". Israeli Airforce Website. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Italian Air Force". aeroflight. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  8. ^ Jowett, Philip (2016). Modern African Wars (5): The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967-70. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-1472816092.
  9. ^ Donald 1997, p. 735.
  10. ^ Wheeler 1980, p. 1374.
  11. ^ Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. pp. 198–199.
  12. ^ Lednicer, David. "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

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