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{{short description|Utility and liaison aircraft}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
 |name=Piaggio P.149
 |image=Piaggo Focke-Wulf 149.jpg
 |caption=
 |type=Utility liaison or training monoplane
 |manufacturer=[[Piaggio Aero]]<br>[[Focke-Wulf]]
 |designer=
 |first_flight=19 June 1953
 |introduction=
 |retired=
 |status=
 |primary_user=[[German Air Force]]
 |more_users=Swissair Flying School
 |produced=
 |number_built=88 (Piaggio) <br> 190 (Focke-Wulf)
 |variants=
 |developed_from=[[Piaggio P.148]]
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[[File:Piaggio FWP-149D DC+389 163 HAN 07.05.66 edited-2.jpg|thumb|right|German Air Force Focke-Wulf built FWP.149D at [[Hannover-Langenhagen Airport|Hanover Airport]] in 1966]]
[[File:Piaggio P.149E HB-EBQ Swissair Belp 08.06.73 edited-3.jpg|thumb|right|Piaggio P.149E of the Swissair Flying School at Bern (Belp) airfield in 1973]]
[[File:Focke-Wulf FWP. 149D C-FWOL 02.JPG|thumb|right|Focke-Wulf FWP. 149D in Canadian civil service]]
[[File:Piaggio P.149D (D-EFYZ).jpg|right|thumb|P.149D]]

The '''Piaggio P.149''' is a 1950s [[Italy|Italian]] [[Utility aircraft|utility]] and [[liaison aircraft]] designed and built by [[Piaggio Aero|Piaggio]]. The aircraft was built under licence by [[Focke-Wulf]] in [[West Germany]] as the '''FWP.149D'''.

==Development==
The P.149 was developed as a four-seat touring variant of the earlier [[Piaggio P.148|P.148]]. The P.149 is an all-metal, low-wing [[Cantilever#Aircraft|cantilever]] [[monoplane]] with a retractable [[Tricycle gear|tricycle landing gear]] with room for four or five occupants.<ref>Stevens 1958, p. 73</ref> The [[prototype]] first flew on 19 June 1953.<ref name="sp279">Simpson 1995, p. 279</ref>

Only a few were sold, until the [[German Air Force]] selected the aircraft for a [[Trainer (aircraft)|training]] and utility role. Piaggio delivered 76 aircraft out of a total of 88 built in Italy to Germany, while another 190 were built in Germany by [[Focke-Wulf]].<ref name="sp279"/><ref name="Gan"/>

==Operational history==
The aircraft was operated by the [[German Air Force]] between 1957 and 1990.

[[Swissair]]'s Flying School based at Bern (Belp) airfield used a small fleet of the type to provide primary instruction to trainee pilots.<ref name="Gan">Gandet 2001, pp. 42–43.</ref>

==Operators==
;{{GER}}
*[[German Air Force]]<ref name=" leon 
1339">Wheeler 1980, p. 1339.</ref>
*[[Marineflieger]]<ref>[http://www.geschichte.luftwaffe.de/portal/a/geschlw/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP3I5EyrpHK9nPL49NTi5Iyccr3yxLS0VD0guzQnrUqvIDMxPT0zX78g21ERAGZCIuY!/ Piaggio P-149D]</ref>
;{{ISR}}
*[[Israeli Air Force]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Piaggio P.149D|url=http://www.iaf.org.il/202-he/IAF.aspx|website=Israeli Airforce Website|accessdate=27 July 2016}}</ref>         
;{{ITA}}
*[[Italian Air Force]] operated two Piaggio P.149Ds from 1953 until 1955<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/italy/af/ital-af2-all-time.htm | title = Italian Air Force | publisher = aeroflight |accessdate = 31 May 2019}}</ref>
;{{NGA}}
*[[Nigerian Air Force]] operated 12 Piaggo P.149D in 1967<ref name="auto">{{cite book|last=Jowett|first=Philip|title=Modern African Wars (5): The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967-70|year=2016|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-1472816092|page=17}}</ref>
;{{SUI}}
*[[Swissair]] Flying School<ref name="Gan"/>
;{{TAN}}
*[[Tanzanian Air Force]]<ref name="Donald p735">Donald 1997, p. 735.</ref>
;{{UGA}}
:[[Ugandan Air Force]]<ref name="fiwaf80 p1374">Wheeler 1980, p. 1374.</ref>

==Specifications (P.149D)==
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59<ref name=JAWA58-59>{{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 |editor1-last=Bridgman |editor1-first=Leonard |year=1958 |publisher=Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. |location=London |pages=198–199}}</ref>
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|crew=2
|capacity=2-3
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|wing area sqm=18.81
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|aspect ratio=6.6
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|empty weight kg=1160
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|eng1 number=1
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|max speed kmh=304
|max speed note=at sea level
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|cruise speed kmh=266
|cruise speed note= at {{cvt|2300|m}} and 67% METO power
|stall speed kmh=92
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|range km=1090
|range note=with 30 minutes reserve
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|wing loading kg/m2=89.3
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*'''Take-off distance to {{cvt|15|m|-1}}:''' {{cvt|405|m|-1}} in nil wind
*'''Landing distance from {{cvt|15|m|-1}}:''' {{cvt|315|m|-1}} in nil wind

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==See also==
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|related=<!-- related developments -->
*[[Piaggio P.148]]
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*[[IAR 823]]
*[[Orličan L-40 Meta Sokol]]
*[[Ryan Navion]]
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==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
* Donald, David. ''The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft''. Leicester, UK: Blitz Editions, 1997. {{ISBN|1-85605-375-X}}.
* Gandet, Erich. "'Wulf' in Sheep's Clothing: Farewell to Swissair's P.149s". ''[[Air Enthusiast]]''. No. 92. March/April 2001. pp.&nbsp;42–43. {{ISSN|0143-5450}}.
* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2714.
* Simpson, R. W. ''Airlife{{'}}s General Aviation''. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., Second edition, 1995. {{ISBN|1-85310-577-5}}.
* Stevens, James Hay. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1958/1958-1-%20-%200071.html "Fully Aerobatic Four-Seater"]. ''[[Flight International|Flight]]'', 18 July 1958, p.&nbsp;73.
* Wheeler, Barry C. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980%20-%202986.html "World's Air Forces 1980"]. ''[[Flight International]]'', 4 October 1980. pp.&nbsp;1323–1378.

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