Aerfer Ariete

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The Aerfer Ariete (Italian for Ram or Aries) was a prototype fighter aircraft built in Italy in 1958. It was a refined derivative of the Aerfer Sagittario 2, and was an attempt to bring that aircraft up to a standard where it could be mass-produced as a viable combat aircraft.

Retaining most of the Sagittario 2's layout with a nose intake and ventral exhaust for the main Derwent engine, the Ariete added a Rolls-Royce Soar RS.2 auxiliary turbojet engine to provide additional power for climbing and sprinting. This used a dorsal, retractable intake with its exhaust at the tail.

No production ensued; a proposed version with a de Havilland Spectre rocket engine instead of the auxiliary turbojet, the Aerfer Leone (Lion or Leo), was abandoned before a prototype could be built.

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Italian Air Force operated two aircraft for evaluation test^[1]

Specifications (Ariete)

Data from Air Enthusiast,^[2] Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59^[3]

General characteristics

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References

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Bibliography

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Buttler, Tony. X-Planes of Europe II: Military Prototype Aircraft from the Golden Age 1946–1974. Manchester, UK: Hikoki Publications, 2015. Template:ISBN
Swanborough, Gordon. Air Enthusiast, Volume One. London: Pilot Press, 1971. Template:ISBN.

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