Fiat G.212

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fiat G.212
FIAT G212.jpg
Fiat G.212 in the Italian Aviation Museum Vigna di Valle
Type: Transport plane
Design country:

ItalyItaly Italy

Manufacturer:

Fiat

First flight:

January 19, 1947

Production time:

1947 to 1950

Number of pieces:

19th

The Fiat G.212 was an Italian three-engine aircraft manufactured by Fiat. It was an enlarged version of the Fiat G.12 . It was used in small numbers as a civil passenger aircraft and by the Aeronautica Militare as a transport aircraft. A total of 19 aircraft were built.

history

The first prototype of the G.212, called the G.212CA, flew on January 19, 1947. The configuration was similar to the G.12; H. an all - metal low- wing aircraft with retractable landing gear and tail wheel . However, the G.212 was longer and also had a larger wingspan and a wider fuselage. The G.212A was powered by three Alfa Romeo 128 radial engines with 642 kW each.

Two other versions were later built for civil use: a passenger plane (G.212CP) that offered space for 34 passengers, and a transport version (G.212TP). Both already used the more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-1830 engines.

use

Six machines of the type G.212CP were acquired from 1947 onwards by the Italian airline Avio Linee Italiane , which used them in scheduled services within Europe. The Egyptian airline SAIDE (Services Aériens Internationaux d'Egypte) received three G.212s in 1948. Four of the machines were later sold by Avio Linee Italiane to the successor company Ali Flotte Riunite, which in turn later sold an aircraft to the Kuwaiti company Arabian Desert Airlines .

Military use

  • ItalyItaly Italy : Aeronautica Militare acquired both the G.212CA prototype and six additional G.212CP aircraft, two of which were later converted into trainer aircraft (G.212AV). One of these aircraft was preserved and is now in the Italian Aviation Museum Vigna di Valle near Rome .

Incidents

  • On May 4, 1949, a Fiat G.212CP of the Avio Linee Italiane (I-ELCE) flew in thick fog against the mountain of the Superga hill near Turin . All 31 inmates, most of whom were players from the AC Turin football club , were killed (see Superga plane crash ).
  • On October 16, 1949, a Fiat G.212CP of the Egyptian SAIDE (SU-AFX) had an accident while taking off from Alexandria Airport ( Egypt ). The machine was supposed to fly to Benghazi and was irreparably damaged. All three crew members, the only occupants, survived the accident.

Technical specifications

Parameter! Data
crew 2 + 1 radio operator
Passengers 34
length 23.06 m
span 29.34 m
height 8.14 m
Wing area 116.6 m²
Wing extension 7.4
Preparation mass 11,223 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 17,436 kg
drive 3 × 14-cylinder radial engines
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 with 794 kW each
Top speed 375 km / h (202 kn)
maximum range 3,000 km (1,620 nm)
Service ceiling 7,500 m (24,606 ft)

literature

  • Donald, David (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Aerospace Publishing. 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X .
  • John Stroud: Post War Propliners: Fiat G.12 and G.212 . Airplane Monthly . Volume 23, Volume 1, January 1994. London: IPC. Pages 64-68.
  • John Stroud: European Transport Aircraft since 1910. Putnam & Company, London 1966, pp. 192–197.

Web links

Commons : Fiat G.212  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Donald 1997, p. 412.
  2. ↑ a b c d Stroud 1994, pp. 64-68.
  3. ^ The Italian Air Force Museum ( Memento of March 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Target Aviation Photography, last accessed on May 12, 2009.
  4. ^ Accident report Fiat G.212 I-ELSA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 30, 2017.
  5. ^ Accident report Fiat G.212 I-ELCE , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 23, 2017.
  6. ^ Accident report Fiat G.212 SU-AFX , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 1, 2020.
  7. ↑ FIAT G212 ( Memento of 29 September 2007 at the Internet Archive ) Aeronautica Militare . Accessed March 7, 2008