what is it?
The Fiat (later Aeritalia) G.91Y is a ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft designed and originally produced by the Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione. The G.91Y is a derivative of the Fiat G.91; while intended to perform the same roles and baring a strong visual resemblance to one another, the G.91Y was an extensive redesign of its predecessor. The most prominent difference between the two aircraft was that G.91Y was powered by a new twin-engine configuration that replaced the earlier aircraft's single engine arrangement.
How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- Top speed is 8.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 3,500 km: 19× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1966-12-27
- introduced
- 1968
- retired
- 1994
- status
- retired
- number built
- 67
- role
- ground attack
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- makers
- Fiat Aviazione
- engines
- 2× General Electric J85-GE-13A / J85-GE-13A
- crew
- 1
- length
- 11.7 m
- wingspan
- 9 m
- height
- 4.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 8,700 kg
- top speed
- 1,110 km/h
- cruise speed
- 630 km/h
- range
- 3,500 km
- ceiling
- 12,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q3605978, Wikipedia: Fiat G.91Y (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.