The P.148 was an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear. It offered room for two occupants in side-by-side seating as well as an optional third seat. The prototype first flew on the 12 February 1951 and after testing by the Italian Air Force was ordered into production for the air force primary training schools. A four-seat variant was developed as the P.149.
Operational historyedit
Although successfully introduced into the Italian Air Force service, the P.148 was withdrawn from use with the introduction of an all-jet training programme. In 1970, the aircraft was re-introduced into the Italian Air Force Service, when the basic piston-engine aircraft regained a role in the selection of pilots. Some aircraft were sold by the Air Force to the Somali Air Corps as trainers.
piaggio, confused, with, ayer, hitam, federal, constituency, 1950s, italian, seat, primary, aerobatic, training, monoplane, designed, built, piaggio, aero, role, seat, primary, aerobatic, trainer, national, origin, italy, manufacturer, piaggio, aero, first, fl. Not to be confused with Ayer Hitam federal constituency The Piaggio P 148 was a 1950s Italian two seat primary or aerobatic training monoplane designed and built by Piaggio Aero P 148 Role Two seat primary aerobatic trainer National origin Italy Manufacturer Piaggio Aero First flight February 12 1951 1 Status Active Primary users Italian Air ForceSomali Air Corps Number built 100 Variants Piaggio P 149 Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operational history 3 Operators 4 Former Operators 5 Specifications P 148 6 See also 7 ReferencesDesign and development editThe P 148 was an all metal low wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear It offered room for two occupants in side by side seating as well as an optional third seat The prototype first flew on the 12 February 1951 and after testing by the Italian Air Force was ordered into production for the air force primary training schools A four seat variant was developed as the P 149 Operational history editAlthough successfully introduced into the Italian Air Force service the P 148 was withdrawn from use with the introduction of an all jet training programme In 1970 the aircraft was re introduced into the Italian Air Force Service when the basic piston engine aircraft regained a role in the selection of pilots Some aircraft were sold by the Air Force to the Somali Air Corps as trainers Operators edit nbsp Italy Italian Air Force operated 70 aircraft from 1951 until 1979 2 Former Operators edit nbsp Somalia Somali Air Corps RetiredSpecifications P 148 editData from Jane s All the World s Aircraft 1956 57 3 General characteristicsCrew One Capacity Two passengers Length 8 44 m 27 ft 8 in Wingspan 11 12 m 36 ft 6 in Height 2 40 m 7 ft 10 in Wing area 18 81 m2 202 5 sq ft Aspect ratio 6 6 1 Empty weight 876 kg 1 931 lb Gross weight 1 280 kg 2 822 lb Fuel capacity 169 L 45 US gal 37 imp gal Powerplant 1 Lycoming O 435 A air cooled flat six engine 140 kW 190 hp Propellers 2 bladed Piaggio P 1031 metal constant speed propeller Performance Maximum speed 234 km h 145 mph 126 kn at sea level Cruise speed 204 km h 127 mph 110 kn at 900 m 3 000 ft Range 923 km 574 mi 498 nmi Endurance 4 5 hr Service ceiling 5 000 m 16 400 ft Time to altitude 3 min 40 s to 1 000 m 3 300 ft 26 min 40 s to 4 000 m 13 000 ft See also editRelated development Piaggio P 149References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piaggio P 148 Piaggiio P 148 Aerei Italiani Italian Air Force aeroflight Retrieved 31 May 2019 Bridgman 1956 p 180 Bridgman Leonard 1956 Jane s All the World s Aircraft 1956 57 New York The McGraw Hill Book Company The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Part Work 1982 1985 1985 Orbis Publishing Page 2714 Portals nbsp Italy nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Piaggio P 148 amp oldid 1211859012, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
