Fiat G.8

The Fiat G.8 was a two-seat military utility biplane built in Italy in the mid-1930s at the CMASA works in Pisa, which became part of Fiat in 1930, so the type is also called the CMASA G.8 or Fiat-CMASA G.8. It had staggered wings of unequal span braced in a Warren truss, tandem open cockpits for the pilot and a passenger or instructor, and a fixed tailskid undercarriage. A single Fiat A.54 engine of about 101 kilowatts gave it a top speed near 212 kilometres per hour. The Regia Aeronautica bought sixty for liaison and training, and users later included the Aviazione Legionaria, the co-belligerent and republican air forces, the postwar Italian Air Force until 1950, and Spain.