Fiat G.5

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Fiat G.5
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Role Two-seat aerobatic tourer or trainerTemplate:Short description
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Fiat
First flight 1933

The Fiat G.5 was an Italian two-seat aerobatic tourer or trainer designed and built by Fiat Aviazione in small numbers.[1]

Development

Designed originally as a two-seat light aerobatic trainer the G.5 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by a 135 hp (101 kW) Fiat A.70 radial piston engine.[1] It had fixed tailwheel landing gear and tandem open cockpits for the instructor and pupil.[1]

The type was built in small numbers and was followed by a prototype G.5/2 with an inverted inline 140 hp (104 kW) Fiat A.60.[1] A small number was also built of the final variant G.5bis which was fitted with a higher output 200 hp (149 kW) Fiat A.70 engine.[1]

Later history and operations

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The surviving Fiat G.5 bis I-BFFI at Milan (Bresso) airfield in 1965

Some aircraft were later modified to single-seat configuration.[1] One example of the G.5bis, registered I-BFFI, survived in civil ownership and operation until at least 1955[2] and is now preserved in a museum.

Variants

G.5
Production variant with 135hp (101kW) Fiat A.70 radial engine.[1]
G.5/2
Prototype with a 140hp (104kW) Fiat A.60 inline engine.[1]
G.5bis
Improved variant with a 200hp (149kW) Fiat A.70 radial engine.[1]

Specifications (G.5bis)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

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References

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Notes

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  1. a b c d e f g h i j Orbis 1985, p. 1796
  2. Green, p. 78

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