The Partenavia P.48 Astore was a 1950s
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light aircraft built by
Luigi Pascale
Luigi Pascale (1923 – 14 March 2017) was an Italian engineer designer of light aircraft. He was the founder of the aircraft manufacturers Partenavia and Tecnam, the latter a company he started with his brother Giovanni.
Biography
Luigi "Gino ...
and his brother in Naples before establishing
Partenavia
Partenavia Construzioni Aeronautiche was an Italian aircraft manufacturer that specialised in general aviation.
The company operated between 1957 and 1998. Founded by Professor Luigi Pascale, Partenavia became a limited company in 1959, and was a ...
.
Development
The Astore was a strut-braced high-wing cabin monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear. It had two seats in tandem and was powered by a 65 hp (48 kW)
Continental A65
The Continental O-170 engine is the collective military designation for a family of small aircraft engines, known under the company designation of A50, A65, A75 and A80. The line was designed and built by Continental Motors commencing in the 194 ...
engine. The prototype and only Astore, registered ''I-NAPA'', was built in a garage in Naples and first flew in 1952, piloted by
Mario de Bernardi
Mario de Bernardi (1893–1959) was an Italian World War I fighter pilot, seaplane air racer of the 1920s, and test pilot of early Italian experimental jets.
Early life
De Bernardi was born on 1 July 1893 in Venosa, Italy. In 1911, at the age ...
.
[Simpson 1991, p 227]
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Astore
1950s Italian civil utility aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1952
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