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- 1. Fiat G.46: SCDBob· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
The Fiat G.46 was a military trainer developed in Italy shortly after World War II.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · retractable tailwheel (taildragger) · 10.4 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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.4 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1947-06-25
- number built
- 223
- role
- military trainer
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- makers
- Fiat S.p.A.
- engines
- 1× Alfa Romeo 115-1ter / Alfa Romeo 115ter
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.5 m
- wingspan
- 10.4 m
- height
- 2.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,410 kg
- top speed
- 311 km/h
- cruise speed
- 263 km/h
- range
- 900 km
- ceiling
- 5,300 m
- 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 Q683853, Wikipedia: Fiat G.46 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.