2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nardi FN305: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Nardi FN.315: L'Aerophile magazine· Public domain
what is it?
The Nardi FN.305 was an Italian fighter trainer and liaison monoplane developed by the Fratelli Nardi company.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.5 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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1935-02-19
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 211
- role
- fighter trainer and liaison monoplane
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- makers
- Fratelli Nardi
- engines
- 1× Alfa Romeo 115 inline piston engine / Fiat A.70
- length
- 7 m
- wingspan
- 8.5 m
- height
- 2.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 984 kg
- top speed
- 300 km/h
- range
- 620 km
- ceiling
- 6,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q39934, Wikipedia: Nardi FN.305 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.