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 cantilevermonoplane 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]
piaggio, 1950s, italian, utility, liaison, aircraft, designed, built, piaggio, aircraft, built, under, licence, focke, wulf, west, germany, 149d, role, utility, liaison, training, monoplanemanufacturer, piaggio, aerofocke, wulffirst, flight, june, 1953primary,. 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 149Role Utility liaison or training monoplaneManufacturer Piaggio AeroFocke WulfFirst flight 19 June 1953Primary users German Air ForceSwissair Flying SchoolNumber built 88 Piaggio 190 Focke Wulf Developed from Piaggio P 148German 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 Contents 1 Development 2 Operational history 3 Operators 4 Specifications P 149D 5 See also 6 Citations 7 References 8 External linksDevelopment EditThe 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 EditThe 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 Edit GermanyGerman Air Force 2 Marineflieger 3 IsraelIsraeli Air Force 4 ItalyItalian Air Force operated two Piaggio P 149Ds from 1953 until 1955 5 NigeriaNigerian Air Force operated 12 Piaggo P 149D in 1967 6 SwitzerlandSwissair Flying School 1 TanzaniaTanzanian Air Force 7 Uganda Ugandan Air Force 8 Specifications P 149D EditData from Jane s All the World s Aircraft 1958 59 9 General characteristicsCrew 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 10 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 level285 km h 177 mph 154 kn at 2 000 m 6 562 ft dd dd dd Cruise speed 266 km h 165 mph 144 kn at 2 300 m 7 546 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 49 ft 405 m 1 329 ft in nil wind Landing distance from 15 m 49 ft 315 m 1 033 ft in nil windSee also EditRelated development Piaggio P 148Aircraft of comparable role configuration and era IAR 823 Orlican L 40 Meta Sokol Ryan NavionCitations Edit 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 Donald 1997 p 735 Wheeler 1980 p 1374 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 Lednicer David The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage m selig ae illinois edu Retrieved 16 April 2019 References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piaggio P 149 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 pp 42 43 ISSN 0143 5450 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Part Work 1982 1985 1985 Orbis Publishing Page 2714 Wheeler Barry C World s Air Forces 1980 Flight International 4 October 1980 pp 1323 1378 External links EditStevens James Hay Fully Aerobatic Four Seater Flight 18 July 1958 p 73 Portals Italy Companies Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Piaggio P 149 amp oldid 1068081913, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
