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- 1. Italian Air Force Piaggio P.148: SCDBob· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
The Piaggio P.148 is a 1950s Italian two-seat primary or aerobatic training monoplane designed and built by Piaggio Aero.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 11.1 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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11.1 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
- 1951-02-12
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 100
- role
- two-seat primary/aerobatic trainer
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- makers
- Piaggio Aerospace
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-435-A / O-435-A
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 8.4 m
- wingspan
- 11.1 m
- height
- 2.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,280 kg
- top speed
- 234 km/h
- cruise speed
- 204 km/h
- range
- 923 km
- ceiling
- 4,999 m
- landing gear
- fixed conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1090967, Wikipedia: Piaggio P.148 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.