P.48 Astore | |
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Role | Two-seat cabin monoplane |
National origin | Italy |
Manufacturer | Partenavia |
Designer | Luigi Pascale [1] |
First flight | 1952 |
Number built | 1 |
The Partenavia P.48 Astore was a 1950s Italian light aircraft built by Luigi Pascale and his brother in Naples before establishing Partenavia.
The Astore was a strut-braced high-wing cabin monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear. It had two seats in tandem and was powered by a 65 hp (48 kW) Continental A65 engine. The prototype and only Astore, registered I-NAPA, was built in a garage in Naples and first flew in 1952, piloted by Mario de Bernardi. [2]
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