The Nardi FN.315 was an Italian training monoplane developed from the earlier

Nardi FN.305 The Nardi FN.305 was an Italian fighter trainer and liaison monoplane developed by the Fratelli Nardi company. Development The FN.305 was designed as a trainer and liaison aircraft and the prototype first flew on 19 January 1935. The FN.305 was ...

and produced by the

Fratelli Nardi Fratelli Nardi was an Italian aircraft manufacturer formed in the early 1930s. History The partnership Fratelli Nardi was formed by the brothers Euste, Elio and Luigi Nardi in Milan, Italy. They started building their first aircraft in 1934 and the ...

company.

Development

First flown on 10 July 1938 the FN.315 was an improved version of the FN.305. It had a revised tail unit, improved cockpit canopy and wing improvements. The FN.315 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of mixed construction. It had tailskid landing gear, with the main gear retracting inwards, and room for two crew in tandem in an enclosed cockpit. It was powered by a nose-mounted inline piston engine and various engines were evaluated during flight trials, originally with a 205 hp (153 kW)

Alfa-Romeo 115 The Alfa Romeo 115 was an Italian six-cylinder air-cooled inverted inline engine for aircraft use, mainly for training and light planes, based on the de Havilland Gipsy Six engine. Production totalled approximately 1,600 units. Derivatives of th ...

and also a 200 hp (149 kW)

Argus As 10E The Argus As 10 was a German-designed and built, air-cooled 90° cylinder bank-angle inverted V8 "low power" aircraft engine, used mainly in training aircraft such as the Arado Ar 66 and Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser and other small short-range re ...

and a 230 hp (172 kW) Hirth HM.508. The aircraft went into production and six Hirth-powered aircraft were produced, including two for the Swiss Air Force. A further 25 Alfa-Romeo powered aircraft were built for the

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and were used as intermediate trainers.

Operators

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; * Royal Romanian Air Force *

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Specifications (FN.315 Alfa Romeo)

References

* * {{Portal bar, Italy, Companies, Aviation FN.315 1930s Italian military trainer aircraft Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1938

Development

Operators

Specifications (FN.315 Alfa Romeo)

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