Piaggio P.150

The Piaggio P.150 was a 1950s Italian two-seat trainer designed and built by Piaggio to meet an Italian Air Force requirement to replace the North American T-6.

Piaggio P.150
Role Training monoplane
Manufacturer Piaggio Aero
First flight 1952
Retired 1954
Primary user Italian Air Force
Number built 1

Development

The P.150 was designed and built to compete as an Italian Air Force T-6 replacement against the Fiat G.49 and Macchi MB.323. The P.150 was an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane with a wide-track retractable tailwheel landing gear. The pilot and instructor were seated in tandem under one glazed canopy. It was originally powered by a Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine and later an Alvis Leonides engine. The aircraft was not chosen and did not go into production.

Operators
 Italy

Specifications (P.150)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953-54 [2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 9.25 m (30 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.90 m (42 ft 4 in)
  • Height: 2.80 m (9 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 25.20 m2 (271.3 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 6.6:1
  • Empty weight: 1,940 kg (4,277 lb)
  • Gross weight: 2,540 kg (5,600 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 620 L (160 US gal; 140 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1 Wasp nine-cylinder radial engine, 450 kW (600 hp) (takeoff power)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 350 km/h (220 mph, 190 kn) at 1,800 m (6,000 ft)
  • Cruise speed: 315 km/h (196 mph, 170 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
  • Stall speed: 103 km/h (64 mph, 56 kn) at sea level
  • Range: 1,400 km (870 mi, 760 nmi)
  • Endurance: 4 hr 30 min
  • Service ceiling: 7,300 m (24,000 ft)
  • Time to altitude: 4 min 30 s to 2,000 m (6,600 ft)

Armament

  • Guns: 1× machine gun in port wing

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piaggio P.150.
  1. "Italian Air Force". aeroflight. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. Bridgman 1953, p.163.
  • Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1953). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953-54. London: Jan's.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2714
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