Fiat G.18

The Fiat G.18 was an Italian twin-engine airliner developed in the mid-1930s, a conventional low-wing monoplane that resembled the Douglas DC-2 and seated 18 passengers, with main undercarriage units retracting into the engine nacelles. Three original G.18s with Fiat A.59 engines entered service with Fiat's own airline Avio Linee Italiane early in 1936, but crews found them underpowered, so Fiat built six G.18V aircraft with more powerful Fiat A.80 engines and a redesigned fin. When ALI came under the control of the Regia Aeronautica in June 1940 the aircraft became military transports, flying troops to Albania; one exploded on the runway at Bresso on 30 April 1944 while loaded with munitions.