Piaggio P.150

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

Development

The P.150 was designed and built to complete 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 in tandem under one glazed canopy. 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.

Italian Air Force operated only one aircraft for test evaluation from 1952 until 1954 ^[1]

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: 12.9 m (42 ft 4 in)
Height: 2.80 m (9 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 25.20 m² (271 ft²)
Empty weight: 1,940 kg (4,277 lb)
Gross weight: 2,540 kg (5,600 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1 Wasp radial engine, 447 kW (600 hp)

Performance

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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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