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The Piaggio P.148 was a 1950s
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designed and built by
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Design and development

The P.148 was an all-metal low-wing
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monoplane with fixed
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. It offered room for two occupants in side-by-side seating as well as an optional third seat. The
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first flew on the 12 February 1951 and after testing by the Italian Air Force was ordered into production for the air force primary training schools. A four-seat variant was developed as the P.149.


Operational history

Although successfully introduced into the
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service, the P.148 was withdrawn from use with the introduction of an all-jet training programme. In 1970, the aircraft was re-introduced into the Italian Air Force Service, when the basic piston-engine aircraft regained a role in the selection of pilots. Some aircraft were sold by the Air Force to the
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as trainers.


Operators

; *
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operated 70 aircraft from 1951 until 1979 ; *
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- Retired


Specifications (P.148)


See also


References

* * The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2714 {{Portal bar, Italy, Companies, Aviation P.148 1950s Italian military trainer aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1951 Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft