Piaggio P.149

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 cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear with room for four or five occupants.Stevens 1958, p. 73 The prototype first flew on 19 June 1953.Simpson 1995, p. 279

Only a few were sold, until the German Air Force selected the aircraft for a training and utility role. Piaggio delivered 76 aircraft out of a total of 88 built in Italy to Germany, while another 190 were built in Germany by Focke-Wulf.

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.Gandet 2001, pp. 42–43.

;{{GER}}

• German Air ForceWheeler 1980, p. 1339.
  • Marineflieger[http://www.geschichte.luftwaffe.de/portal/a/geschlw/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP3I5EyrpHK9nPL49NTi5Iyccr3yxLS0VD0guzQnrUqvIDMxPT0zX78g21ERAGZCIuY!/ Piaggio P-149D]

  ;{{ISR}}

  • Israeli Air Force{{cite web|title=Piaggio P.149D|url=http://www.iaf.org.il/202-he/IAF.aspx|website=Israeli Airforce Website|accessdate=27 July 2016}}

  ;{{ITA}}

  • Italian Air Force operated two Piaggio P.149Ds from 1953 until 1955{{cite web|url = http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/italy/af/ital-af2-all-time.htm | title = Italian Air Force | publisher = aeroflight |accessdate = 31 May 2019}}

  ;{{NGA}}

  • Nigerian Air Force operated 12 Piaggo P.149D in 1967{{cite book|last=Jowett|first=Philip|title=Modern African Wars (5): The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967-70|year=2016|publisher=Osprey Publishing Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-1472816092|page=17}}

  ;{{SUI}}

  • Swissair Flying School

  ;{{TAN}}

  • Tanzanian Air ForceDonald 1997, p. 735.

  ;{{UGA}}

  :Ugandan Air ForceWheeler 1980, p. 1374.

{{Aircraft specs

|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59{{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 |editor1-last=Bridgman |editor1-first=Leonard |year=1958 |publisher=Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. |location=London |pages=198–199}}

|prime units?=met

|crew=2

|capacity=2-3

|length m=8.8

|length note=

|span m=11.12

|span note=

|height m=2.9

|height note=

|wing area sqm=18.81

|wing area note=

|aspect ratio=6.6

|airfoil=root: NACA 230 series; tip: NACA 4412{{cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |website=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu |accessdate=16 April 2019}}

|empty weight kg=1160

|empty weight note=

|gross weight kg=1680

|gross weight note=

|max takeoff weight kg=

|max takeoff weight note=

|fuel capacity=

|more general=

|eng1 number=1

|eng1 name=Lycoming GO-480 B1A6

|eng1 type=

|eng1 hp=270

|eng1 note=

|prop blade number=

|prop name=

|prop dia m=

|prop dia note=

|max speed kmh=304

|max speed note=at sea level

::::{{cvt|285|km/h|mph kn}} at {{cvt|2000|m}}

|cruise speed kmh=266

|cruise speed note= at {{cvt|2300|m}} and 67% METO power

|stall speed kmh=92

|stall speed note=at sea level with flaps

|never exceed speed kmh=

|never exceed speed note=

|range km=1090

|range note=with 30 minutes reserve

|ferry range km=

|ferry range note=

|endurance=

|ceiling m=6050

|ceiling note=

|g limits=

|roll rate=

|climb rate ms=5

|climb rate note=

|time to altitude=

|wing loading kg/m2=89.3

|wing loading note=

|fuel consumption kg/km=

|power/mass={{cvt|0.073|hp/lb|order=flip}}

|more performance=

• Take-off distance to {{cvt|15|m|-1}}: {{cvt|405|m|-1}} in nil wind
• Landing distance from {{cvt|15|m|-1}}: {{cvt|315|m|-1}} in nil wind

|avionics=

}}

{{Aircontent

|see also=

|related=

• Piaggio P.148

|similar aircraft=

• IAR 823
• Orličan L-40 Meta Sokol
• Ryan Navion

|sequence=

|lists=

}}

{{Reflist}}

• 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.
• Simpson, R. W. Airlife{{'}}s General Aviation. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., Second edition, 1995. {{ISBN|1-85310-577-5}}.
• Stevens, James Hay. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1958/1958-1-%20-%200071.html "Fully Aerobatic Four-Seater"]. Flight, 18 July 1958, p. 73.
• Wheeler, Barry C. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980%20-%202986.html "World's Air Forces 1980"]. Flight International, 4 October 1980. pp. 1323–1378.

{{commons category|Piaggio P.149}}

{{Piaggio aircraft}}

{{Portal bar|Italy|Companies|Aviation}}

P.149

Category:1950s Italian military trainer aircraft

Category:1950s Italian military utility aircraft

Category:Aircraft first flown in 1953

Category:Focke-Wulf aircraft

Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft

Category:Low-wing aircraft