Partenavia Oscar

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The Partenavia P.64B/P.66B Oscar is an Italian two/four-seat, single-engined, high-wing monoplane built by Partenavia.

Development

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The prototype Partenavia Oscar at the 1965 Paris Air Show

Developed as an all-metal version of the P.57 Fachiro, the prototype was designated the P.64 Fachiro III and first flew on 2 April 1965. Improvements were made to the design, mainly to the rear fuselage to fit a panoramic rear window, and now renamed the P.64B Oscar B it first flew in 1967. Also known as the Oscar 180 powered by a 180 hp Lycoming O-360-A1A piston engine, a 200 hp version (with a Lycoming O-360-A1B engine) was known as the Oscar-200. Twenty-one aircraft were delivered to South Africa and assembled by AFIC (Pty) Limited and marketed as the AFIC RSA 200 Falcon.

In January 1976, the company flew a new fully aerobatic version, the P.66C Charlie, and 96 were built, mainly for the Aero Club d'Italia.

Variants

  • P.64 Fachiro III - Prototype, one built.
  • P.64B Oscar B - Production aircraft with cut-down rear fuselage and Script error: No such module "convert". Lycoming engine, 64 built.
  • P.64B Oscar 180 - Marketing name for the Oscar B.
  • P.64B Oscar 200 - 200 hp version of the Oscar B, 9 built.
  • P.66B Oscar 100 - Two-seat version with Script error: No such module "convert". Lycoming engine, 80 built.
  • P.66B Oscar 150 - Three-seat version with Script error: No such module "convert". Lycoming O-320 engine, 50 built.
  • P.66C Charlie - Four-seat aerobatic version of the P.66B with 160 hp Lycoming engine, 107 built.
  • P.66D Delta - P.66B with minor changes, one built.
  • P.66T Charlie - Two-seat trainer version of the P.66C, one built.
  • AFIC RSA 200 Falcon - South-African version of the P.64.

Operators

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Specifications (P.66C-160 Charlie)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83[2]

General characteristics

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  • Endurance: 3 hours 54 minutes at Max cruise
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See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

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  1. Hatch Air Pictorial June 1985, p. 207.
  2. Taylor 1982, p.143.
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