Italair Pegaso
type of aircraft
The Italair F.20 Pegaso was a twin-engine utility aircraft designed by Stelio Frati and built in Italy in 1971.
Design and development
It had the sleek lines typical of Frati's designs and was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane with retractable tricycle undercarriage. Construction throughout was of metal, and the aircraft was notable at the time for its high speed, much greater than that of its competitors. The prototype Pegaso was exhibited at the 1973 Paris Air Show. Before arrangements could be made to produce the aircraft in series, however, Italair ran out of money, and the rights to the design reverted to Frati.
In the early 1980s, Frati designed a modernised version of the aircraft, powered by Allison 250 turboprop engines in place of the Pegaso's piston engines and equipped with a large sliding bubble canopy.
Built by Frati's own company, General Avia, and named the F.20TP Condor, this version first flew on 7 May 1983. Frati hoped that this version might attract military buyers who could use it for training, maritime patrol, or even ground attack, and the prototype was equipped with two pylons under each wing to demonstrate its capacity to carry external stores. Although exhibited at the Paris Air Show in 1985, development of the Condor was postponed in favour of the Promavia Jet Squalus that Frati was working on at the time, and was eventually abandoned.
Specifications (F.20 Pegaso)
Data from Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1975-76General characteristics
Crew: 1
Capacity: 5 pax
Length: 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 10.34 m (33 ft 11 in)
Height: 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 16.02 m2 (172.4 sq ft)
Aspect ratio: 6.67
Airfoil: NACA 652-415
Empty weight: 1,510 kg (3,329 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 2,170 kg (4,784 lb)
Fuel capacity: 2x 124 L (33 US gal; 27 imp gal) wing tanks plus 2x 126 L (33 US gal; 28 imp gal) wing-tip tanks
Powerplant: 2 × Continental IO-520-F 6-cyl.
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