Fiat G.49

The Fiat G.49 was an Italian two-seat basic trainer designed by Giuseppe Gabrielli and built by Fiat as a replacement for the wartime North American T-6 advanced trainer. It first flew in September 1952 and was an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane with retractable tailwheel gear and an enclosed tandem cockpit for pupil and instructor. The G.49-1 used an Alvis Leonides radial engine, the G.49-2 a Pratt and Whitney Wasp radial of about 455 kilowatts, and a G.49-3 variant used an Argentine El Indio radial. The aircraft did not sell, and the Italian Air Force operated only two for evaluation testing.