what is it?
The Piaggio P.3 was an Italian night bomber prototype built by Piaggio in 1923.
How to recognise it: 4 engines · 24 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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- Wingspan of 24 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1923
- number built
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- role
- night bomber
- makers
- Piaggio Aerospace
- engines
- 4× S.P.A. 6A piston
- crew
- 4
- wingspan
- 24 m
- top speed
- 185 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3901852, Wikipedia: Piaggio P.3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.