Aerauto PL.5C
{{Short description|Italian roadable aircraft}}
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| type=Roadable aircraft
| national_origin=Italy
| manufacturer=Carrozzeria Colli
| designer=Luigi Pellarini
| first_flight=1949
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| retired=1953
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The Aerauto PL.5C was a roadable aircraft developed in Italy in the early 1950s. It was a high-wing two-seat monoplane whose wings could be folded to quickly transform it into an automobile. It was different from many such projects in that it used its pusher propeller (powered by a Continental C85) for propulsion not only in the air, but on the road as well. Development was abandoned in 1953.
Designed by aircraft engineer Luigi Pellarini, the Aerauto was built by Carrozzeria Colli in Milan.
Specifications (PL.5C)
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|capacity=1 passenger
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|wing area sqm=13.2
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|empty weight kg=460
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|gross weight kg=700
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Continental
|eng1 type=air-cooled flat-four engine
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|max speed kmh=180
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|cruise speed kmh=160
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|range km=800
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|ceiling m=4000
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|climb rate ftmin=535
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References
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book|last=Bridgman|first=Leonard|title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52|year=1951|location=London|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd}}
- {{cite web|url=http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Visschedijk/12040.htm|title=Aerauto PL.5C|accessdate=18 February 2016}}
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Category:1950s Italian civil utility aircraft
Category:Aircraft manufactured in Italy
Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft