Breda-Pittoni BP.471

B.P.471
General information
TypeUtility transport/airliner
ManufacturerBreda
Designer
Number built1
History
First flight1950
Retired1954[1]

The Breda-Pittoni B.P.471 was an Italian twin-engine airliner/military transport produced by Breda.

Design and development

As part of its efforts to get back into aircraft manufacturing following the war, Breda commissioned Mario Pittoni to develop a twin-engine medium transport designated the Breda-Pittoni B.P.471. The prototype first flew in 1950. It was an all-metal twin-engine monoplane of stressed-skin construction. It had a retractable tricycle undercarriage and wings were of an inverted-gull configuration, this allowed the main landing gear to be short and light. The cabin had room for 18-passengers or freight. The company proposed many uses for the aircraft including a civil airliner and freighter, military navigation trainer or utility freighter. With no interest from buyers the prototype was operated by the Italian Air Ministry as a staff transport.

Operators

 Italy

Specifications (B.P.471)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 18 passengers
  • Length: 17.5 m (57 ft 5 in)
  • Wingspan: 23.0 m (75 ft 6 in)
  • Height: 5.75 m (18 ft 10 in)
  • Gross weight: 10,000 kg (22,046 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 890 kW (1,200 hp) each (take off power), 780 kW (1,050 hp) at 2,300 m (7,500 ft)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 473 km/h (294 mph, 255 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 412 km/h (256 mph, 222 kn)
  • Range: 2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi) at 395 km/h (245 mph; 213 kn)
  • Service ceiling: 7,500 m (24,600 ft)
  • Time to altitude: 9 min 39 sec to 4,000 m (13,100 ft)


References

  1. ^ aeroflight
  2. ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 154c.
  • Bridgman, Leonard (1951). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
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