Stelio Frati (born in Milan
Italy
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in 1919, died 14 May 2010) was an Italian mechanical engineer and
aeroplane
An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectr ...
designer. He graduated from the
Politecnico of Milan as a mechanical engineer in 1943, participating in the design of the Aeronautica Lombarda AR (Assalto Radioguidato - RC attack) radio-controlled wooden cantilever monoplane, powered by a single radial engine - a flying bomb/drone, flown for the first time the same year. After teaching aircraft design he became a freelance aircraft designer, being responsible for many well known aircraft designs.
[General Avia and Stelio Frati aircraft history, performance and specifications]
. ''pilotfriend.com''. Retrieved 23 February 2010. One of his best known designs is the
Falco F8L.
Designs
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F.M.1 Passero (1947) - One built by Ditta Movo
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F.4 Rondone
The Ambrosini Rondone is an Italian-designed two/three-seat light touring monoplane of the early 1950s.
Development
The Rondone was designed to meet the needs of Italian private pilots and aero clubs for a more modern touring aircraft. Steli ...
- One built by CVV, production batch of nine built by Aeronautica Lombardi and Ambrosini.
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F.5 - One built by Caproni
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F.6 Airone (1954) - One built by Pasotti
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F.7 Rondone (1954) - Built by Pasotti
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F.8 Falco
The Falco F8L is an Italian-designed lightweight 2-seater aerobatic aircraft.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 251. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.
Design and development
The aircraft was desig ...
(1955) - Built by Aviamilano, Aeromere, Laverda and an amateur build variant by Sequioa
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F.9 Sparviero (1956) - One built by Pasotti
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F.14 Nibbio (1958) - Built by Aviamilano
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F.15 Picchio (1959) - Built by Procaer and
General Avia
General Avia is the Italian aircraft manufacturing company which produced Stelio Frati's prototype designs as well as commercial production of some designs.
Today the official name is "GeneralAvia Aerospace Technology Company"
Aircraft
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F.20 Pegaso (1971) - Built by General Avia
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F.20TP Condor (1983) - One built by General Avia
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F.22 Pinguino (1989) - One built by General Avia
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F.30 Golden Avio (2012) - Four built by Golden Avio
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F.250 (1964) - Built by Aviamilano
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F.260 - Built by Aviamilano, licence built by SIAI-Marchetti as the
SF.260
The SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 (now Leonardo SF-260) is an Italian light aircraft which has been commonly marketed as a military trainer and aerobatics aircraft.
The SF.260 was designed by Italian aircraft designer Stelio Frati, while production wor ...
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F.400 Cobra (1960) - One built by Procaer
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F.480 (Not Completed)
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SF.600 Canguro
The Vulcanair SF.600 ''Canguro'' ( en: "Kangaroo") was a feederliner developed in Italy in the late 1970s. Despite a number of attempts to put the aircraft into series production, only a small number were ever built. The Canguro was a high-wing c ...
(1978) One built by General Avia - licence built production by SIAI-Marchetti
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F.1000
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F.1300 Jet Squalus
The Promavia F.1300 Jet Squalus, also known as Promavia Jet Squalus F1300, was a two-seat light jet trainer designed by Italian Stelio Frati and built by Promavia in Belgium with support from the Belgian government.
Development
The Jet Squalus w ...
(1987) - Built by Promavaia
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F.2500
F is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet.
F may also refer to:
Science and technology Mathematics
* F or f, the number 15 (number), 15 in hexadecimal and higher positional systems
* ''p'F'q'', the hypergeometric function
* F-distributi ...
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F.3000 (Not Built)
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F.3500 Sparviero
References
External links
F30 Golden Car
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1919 births
2010 deaths
Engineers from Milan
Italian aerospace engineers
Caproni people
Compasso d'Oro Award recipients