what is it?
The Fiat G.12 was an Italian transport aircraft of World War II.
How to recognise it: 3 piston engines with propellers · low wing · retractable tailwheel (taildragger) · 28.6 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 86 years ago, in 1940.
- Top speed is 3.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 28.6 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Range of 2,300 km: 13× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1940-10-15
- introduced
- 1941
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 104
- role
- civil airliner & military transport
- origin
- Kingdom of Italy
- makers
- Fiat Aviazione
- engines
- 3× Fiat A.74 R.C.42 / Fiat A.74
- crew
- 4
- passengers
- 14
- length
- 20.1 m
- wingspan
- 28.6 m
- height
- 4.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 15 t
- top speed
- 390 km/h
- cruise speed
- 303 km/h
- range
- 2,300 km
- ceiling
- 8,500 m
- wings
- low wing
- landing gear
- retractable conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1410572, Wikipedia: Fiat G.12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.