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AVIA FL.3
first flew 1939· two-seat cabin monoplane
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Avia FL3 G-AGFT Bre Apr 22 06: Malcolm Clarke· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The AVIA FL.3 (also later known as the Lombardi FL.3) was an Italian two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by Azionaria Vercellese Industrie Aeronautiche (AVIA) who were later taken over by Lombardi in 1947.[1]
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 9.9 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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Wingspan of 9.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1939
- number built
- 335
- role
- two-seat cabin monoplane
- engines
- 1× Continental C-85 flat-four piston
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 6.4 m
- wingspan
- 9.9 m
- height
- 1.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 570 kg
- top speed
- 195 km/h
- range
- 555 km
- ceiling
- 6,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2604234, Wikipedia: AVIA FL.3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.