Partenavia Aeroscooter
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The Partenavia P.53 Aeroscooter was a 1950s Italian single-seat light aircraft fitted with a two-bladed rotor. It was designed by Luigi Pascale with Mario de Bernardi and built by Partenavia.
Design and development
The Aeroscooter was low-wing monoplane powered by a {{convert|22|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Ambrosini P-25 piston engine in the nose. It had a fixed nose-wheel landing gear. Above the enclosed single-seat cockpit a pylon was to have been fitted with an autorotating, unpowered two-bladed rotor which was to reduce the stalling speed and the rate-of-descent if the engine failed.
Only one Aeroscooter was built and it first flew on 2 April 1951 without the rotor fitted. The Aeroscooter survives and is on display at the Museo Storico Dell Aeronautico Militare Italiana. A two-seat derivative was produced by Mario de Baernardi as the de Bernardi M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter.
Variants
- De Bernardi M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter – The two seat follow on aircraft designed by De Bernardi.{{cite journal|journal=Sport Aviation|date=June 1960}}
Specifications (Ambrosini engine, no rotor)
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References
{{commons category|Partenavia Aeroscooter}}
=Notes=
=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985)|publisher= Orbis Publishing}}
- {{cite book |title= Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1957–58|last= Bridgman |first= Leonard |year=1957|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd|location= London|pages=189–90 }}
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