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I-RAIG
Wheels folding into wings
1960?
Photo: © Please tell me!
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AIRCRAFT DATA |
| Manufacturer: |
Nardi
S.A. Per Costruzioni Aeronautiche; Aeroporto Forlanini, Milano, Italy.
Built by FIAT Divisione Aviazione (???); Corso G. Agnelli 200, Turin, Italy. |
| Model: |
FN-333 |
| Type
Certificate No: |
A-91
(RAI 1958-12-09)
7A5 (FAA 1958-12-15 ) |
| Serial
Number: |
(8) |
| Manufacturing
Date: |
19??-??-?? |
| Engine: |
Continental
O-470-H six-cylinder, 240 hp @ 2600 RPM, w/ extension shaft.
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| Remarks: |
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| Reg.
No. |
Date |
Remarks |
| I-RAIG |
19??-??-?? |
Manufacturing
date. |
| 1958-12-04 |
First flight ?.
(Identity
not confirmed). |
| 1960-03-29 |
C of A
issued. |
1960-07-21
(I-RAID?) |
Vergiate
Airfield, Italy:
Class C3c-08 Amphibian Aircraft FAI Records by Commander Giuseppe
Alesini.
Height Record: (take-off weight 2,710 lbs) 7,189 m (23,570 ft).
Speed Record: 100 km closed circuit (take-off weight 2,821 lbs) 270,27
km/h (167,974 mph). Sesona - Camari - Seveso - Sesona (Italy).
Speed Record: 500 km closed circuit (take-off weight 2,821 lbs) 268,91
km/h (167,130 mph), Sesona - Camari - Seveso - Sesona (Italy). |
1960-07-22
(I-RAID?) |
Lake
Maggiore, Italy:
Class C2c-08 Seaplanes FAI Speed Records by Commander Giuseppe Alesini.
Speed Record: 100 km closed circuit (take-off weight 2,832 lbs) 271,78
km/h (168,912 mph), Sesona - Camari - Seveso - Sesona (Italy)
Speed Record: 500 km closed circuit (take-off weight 2,832 lbs) 268,95
km/h (167,155 mph), Sesona - Camari - Seveso - Sesona (Italy). |
1960-07-23
(I-RAID?) |
Lake
Maggiore, Italy:
Class C2c-08 Seaplanes FAI Speed Records by Commander Giuseppe Alesini.
Height Record: (take-off weight 2,695 lbs) 6,950 m (22,789 ft). |
| 1960-12-08 |
Float
hit water during take-off run and aircraft overturned at Lago di Como. |
| 1961-02-17 |
From
FLIGHT Magazine, 17 February 1961, page 206:
ILLUSTRATED ABOVE is the SIAI
Marchetti FN-333 Riviera four-seat amphibian, the revised version of
the original Nardi three-seater design of 1950. The long development
of this type has included co-operation with Fiat and a design revision
to meet the US Civil Aeronautics Regulations Part 3 in order to obtain
an American type certificate. Italian and American type certificates
were obtained in 1958. In March 1959 the manufacture of the FN-333 was
transferred from Fiat to Marchetti and during that year further
improvements to the aircraft were made and flight testing was
continued. The design was re-examined to obtain certification for an
increase in gross weight to 3,270 1b and for a power increase to 320
h.p. It is now intended to offer the production version of the
aircraft in two models : (1) the Model B, powered by a 275 h.p.
Continental IO-470 engine driving a two-blade propeller, and having a
gross weight of 3,1401b; (2) Model C, powered by a 300 h.p.
Continental IO-520 engine driving a three-blade propeller, at a gross
weight of 3,270 1b. A third version, the 320 h.p. Model D, should be
available as soon as the engine receives the necessary FAA approval.
The power units of the B and C models are interchangeable. Dimensions
and performance data include: span, 34 ft; wing area, 163 sq ft;
length, 20 ft 8 in; empty weight (Model B), 2,115 1b, (Model C) 2,137
1b; useful load (Model B) 1,025 1b, (Model C) 1,133 1b; cruising speed
at 65 per cent power (162 h.p., 2,300 r.p.m.), 159 m.p.h. at 9,000 ft;
maximum speed at sea level, 177 m.p.h.
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Sources: |
FAA
Aircraft Registry
Hendrik van der Veen
FLIGHT Magazine Archive |
I-RAIG
Wheels folding into wings
1960?
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