what is it?
The Ansaldo A.120, sometimes called the FIAT A.120 since FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino - Italian Automobile Factory of Turin) bought Ansaldo, was a reconnaissance aircraft developed in Italy in the 1920s.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 12.8 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1925
- number built
- 77
- role
- reconnaissance aircraft
- makers
- Ansaldo
- engines
- 1× Fiat A.22 piston engine
- length
- 8.6 m
- wingspan
- 12.8 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- top speed
- 254 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2059851, Wikipedia: Ansaldo A.120 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.