SIAI-Marchetti S.205

The SIAI-Marchetti S.205 is an Italian four-seat, single-engine light airplane manufactured by SIAI-Marchetti. It was the brainchild of the company's head designer Alexander Brena in 1964, who wanted to make a light, general-purpose aircraft, and it is an all-metal, low-winged, single-engined design with space for four people. The S.205 made its maiden flight in 1965. Further development led to the S.208, which had a 260 horsepower engine, retractable landing gear and five seats, and the Italian Air Force employs a version called the S.208. The S.206 and S.210 were planned but never realised. The S.205 is powered by a single 150 kW Avco Lycoming IO-360-A1A four-cylinder horizontally opposed engine.