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The Fiat G.5 was an Italian two-seat aerobatic tourer or trainer designed and built by
Some aircraft were later modified to single-seat configuration.
One example of the G.5bis, registered ''I-BFFI'', survived in civil ownership and operation until at least 1955Green, p. 78 and is now preserved in a museum.
Fiat Aviazione
Fiat Aviazione was an Italian aircraft manufacturer, at one time part of the Fiat group, focused mainly on military aviation. After World War I, Fiat consolidated several Italian small aircraft manufacturers, like Pomilio and Ansaldo. Most famous ...
in small numbers.
Development
Designed originally as a two-seat light aerobatic trainer the G.5 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by a 135 hp (101 kW)Fiat A.70
The Fiat A.70 was an air cooled radial engine with seven cylinders developed by the Italian engineering company Fiat Aviazione in the 1930s. The engine powered a number of Italian light competition and prototype aircraft.
Design and development ...
radial piston engine. It had fixed tailwheel landing gear
Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail.Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms ...
and tandem open cockpits for the instructor and pupil.
The type was built in small numbers and was followed by a prototype G.5/2 with an inverted inline 140 hp (104 kW) Fiat A.60. A small number was also built of the final variant G.5bis which was fitted with a higher output 200 hp (149 kW) Fiat A.70 engine.
Later history and operations
Some aircraft were later modified to single-seat configuration.
One example of the G.5bis, registered ''I-BFFI'', survived in civil ownership and operation until at least 1955Green, p. 78 and is now preserved in a museum.
Variants
;G.5 :Production variant with 135hp (101kW)Fiat A.70
The Fiat A.70 was an air cooled radial engine with seven cylinders developed by the Italian engineering company Fiat Aviazione in the 1930s. The engine powered a number of Italian light competition and prototype aircraft.
Design and development ...
radial engine.
;G.5/2
:Prototype with a 140hp (104kW) Fiat A.60 inline engine.
;G.5bis
:Improved variant with a 200hp (149kW) Fiat A.70
The Fiat A.70 was an air cooled radial engine with seven cylinders developed by the Italian engineering company Fiat Aviazione in the 1930s. The engine powered a number of Italian light competition and prototype aircraft.
Design and development ...
radial engine.
Specifications (G.5bis)
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