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AVIA FL.3

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Top speed
  
195 km/h

Length
  
6.35 m

Wingspan
  
9.85 m

Designer
  
Carlo Lombardi

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Manufacturer
  
Azionaria Vercellese Industrie Aeronautiche

The AVIA FL.3 (also later known as the Lombardi FL.3) was an Italian two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by Azionaria Vercellese Industrie Aeronautiche (AVIA) who were later taken over by Lombardi in 1947.

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Development

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The FL.3 was a simple low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed landing gear and powered by an 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C-85 engine. It had room for a pilot and passenger sitting side-by-side and could either have an open or enclosed cockpit. The first aircraft flew in 1939 and production was started, but ended temporarily when the Second World War started.

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Production resumed after the war and in 1947 the company was taken over by Lombardi. Over 700 aircraft had been built by AVIA and Lombardi when production stopped in 1948.

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In 1953 Meteor SpA acquired the rights for the FL.3 and with some re-design produced it as the Meteor FL.53 and this was followed by a three-seat version the FL.54 powered by a 135 hp Lycoming engine. A four-seat version the FL.55 was also produced powered by either a 150 hp (112 kW) or 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming engine.

Variants

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AVIA FL.3
Production version by AVIA powered by a 60 hp (45 kW) CNA D.4 engine.
Lombardi FL.3
Production version by Lombardi.
Meteor FL.53
Modified version built by Meteor powered by a 65 hp (48 kW) Continental engine, eight built.
Meteor FL.53BM
FL.53 with a 90 hp (67 kW) Continental engine, four built.
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Meteor FL.54
Three-seat variant powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) Continental C90-12F engine, 10 built by Meteor.
Meteor FL.55
Four-seat variant powered by 135 hp (100 kW) Lycoming engine, four built by Meteor.
Meteor FL.55BM
FL.55 powered by a 150 hp (112 kW) Lycoming engine, ten built by Meteor.
Meteor FL.55CM
FL.55 powered by a 180 hp (130 kW) Lycoming engine, one built by Meteor.
Meteor Super
The Super was a four-seat FL.55 with enlarged vertical tail and a 220 hp Meteor Alfa 4 engine, one built.
Meteor Bis
The Bis was a two-seat variant of the Super fitted with a 110 hp Meteor Alfa 2 engine.

Operators

 Croatia
  • Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske
    •  Germany
  • Luftwaffe operated captured aircraft.
    •  Kingdom of Italy
  • Regia Aeronautica
  • Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force
    •  Italian Social Republic
  • Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana
    •  Italy
  • Italian Air Force

    • Specifications (FL.3)

    Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2380

    General characteristics

  • Capacity: 2-seat
  • Length: 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.85 m (32 ft 3¾ in)
  • Height: 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
  • Wing area: 14.35 m2 (154.47 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 340 kg (750 lb)
  • Gross weight: 570 kg (1257 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental C-85 flat-four piston, 63 kW (85 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 195 km/h (121 mph)
  • Range: 555 km (342 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 6000 m (19,685 ft)

    • References

    AVIA FL.3 Wikipedia
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