Fiat G.212

infobox Aircraft
name = G.212
type = Airliner
manufacturer = Fiat

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caption = Fiat G.212 at the Italian Aeronautical Museum of Vigna di Valle
designer =
first flight = 1947
introduced = 1947
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retired =
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primary user = Italian Air Force
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produced =
number built = 19
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developed from = Fiat G.12
variants with their own articles = The Fiat G.212 was an Italian three engined airliner of the 1940s. An enlarged development of Fiat's earlier G.12 transport, it was used in small numbers in commercial service and by the Italian Air Force.

Development and design

The first prototype of the G.212, the G.212CA military transport, flew on 19 January 1947. Stroud 1994, p.67.] While very similar in configuration to the G.12, i.e. a low winged all metal fully cantilever monoplane with a retractable tailwheel undercarriage, the G.212 was longer, had a bigger wing and a wider fuselage. It was powered by three 642 kW (860 hp) Alfa Romeo 128 radial engines.

This was followed by two versions intended for civil use, the G.212CP airliner, with accommodation for 34 passengers, and the G.212TP freighter, both using the more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engines.

Operational history

The G.212CP entered service with Avio Linee Italiane, who ordered six, in 1947,, being operated on routes within Europe. Donald 1997, p.412.] On 4 May 1949, a chartered Avio Linee Italiane G.212, carrying the Torino football first team squad back home from a match in Lisbon, crashed into a hill at Superga, near Turin, killing all 31 aboard, including 18 players. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19490504-1 ASN Aircraft accident Fiat G.212CP I-ELCE Turin] Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 7 March 2008.]

New G.212s were also purchased by the Egyptian airline SAIDE, who received three aircraft in 1948, and the French airline Cie Air Transport. Four of the Avio Linee Italiane aircraft were sold to Ali Flotte Riunite, one of which was sold again to the Kuwaiti airline Arabian Desert Airlines.

As well as the G.212CA prototype, the Italian Air Force acquired six G.212CPs, two of which were converted to flying classrooms for training purposes as G.212AV ("Aulo Volante"). One of these aircraft is preserved at the Italian Air Force Museum at Vigna di Valle, near Rome. [ [http://www.targeta.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/vigna_di_valle.htm The Italian Air Force Museum] Target Aviation Photography. Retrieved 7 March 2008]

Operators

Civil

;EGY
*SAIDE;FRA
*Cie Air Transport;ITA
*Ali Flotte Riunite
*Avio Linee Italiane;KWT
*Arabian Desert Airlines

Military

;ITA
*Aeronautica Militare

pecifications (G.212CP)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=Post War Propliners : Fiat G.12 and G.212 Stroud 1994, p.68.]

crew=Three (two pilots, radio operator)
capacity=34 passengers
length main= 23.06 m
length alt= 75 ft 7½ in
span main= 29.34 m
span alt= 96 ft 3 in
height main= 8.14 m [ [http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/sitoam/images/FIAT%20G212%20TESTO-FOTO%20ALL%20IN%20ONE%20180X254.pdf Fiat G.212 ] "Aeronautica Militare". Retrieved 7 March 2008]
height alt= 26 ft 8⅜ in
area main= 116.6 m²
area alt= 1,255 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 11,223 kg
empty weight alt= 24,691 lb
loaded weight main= 17,436 kg
loaded weight alt= 38,360 lb
useful load main=
useful load alt=
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engine (prop)=Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp R-1830-S1C3-G
type of prop=14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine
number of props=3
power main= 794 kW
power alt= 1,065 hp
power original=

max speed main= 375 km/h
max speed alt= 203 knots, 233 mph
cruise speed main= 300 km/h
cruise speed alt= 162 knots, 186.4 mph
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
range main= 3,001 km
range alt= 1,621 NM, 1,864 mi
ceiling main= 7,500 m
ceiling alt= 24,606 ft
climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
loading main= 150 kg/m²
loading alt= 30.6 lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= 0.14 kW/kg
power/mass alt= 0.083hp/lb
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ee also

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References

Notes

Bibliography

* Donald, David (ed.) "The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft." Aerospace Publishing. 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.
* Stroud, John. "Post War Propliners : Fiat G.12 and G.212". "Aeroplane Monthly". Volume 23 No. 1, January 1994. London: IPC. Page 64-68.

External links

* [http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/sitoAM/Default.asp?idarg=113&idsez=6&idente=122 FIAT G.212]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraft_genericsearch=Fiat%20G-212&distinct_entry=true Fiat G.212] Airliners.net
* [http://www.aerei-italiani.net/SchedeT/aereofiatg212.htm Fiat G.212] (In Italian)