Partenavia Oscar

infobox Aircraft
name = Oscar / Charlie
type = Light tourer
manufacturer = Partenavia


caption =
designer = Luigi Pascale
first flight = 1965
introduced = 1967
retired =
status =
primary user = Aero Club d'Italia
more users =
produced =
number built = 312
unit cost =
developed from = P.57 Fachiro
variants with their own articles =

The Partenavia P.64B/P.66B Oscar is an Italian two/four-seat, single-engined, high-wing monoplane built by Partenavia.

History

Developed as an all-metal version of the P.57 Fachiro, the prototype was designated the P.64 Fachiro III and first flew on 2 April 1965. Improvements were made to the design, mainly to the rear fuselage to fit a panaromic rear window, and now renamed the P.64B Oscar B it first flew in 1967. Also known as the Oscar 180 powered by a 180hp Lycoming O-360-A1A piston engine, a 200hp version (with a Lycoming O-360-A1B engine) was known as the Oscar-200. Twenty-one aircraft were delivered to South Africa and assembled by AFIC (Pty) Limited and marketed as the AFIC RSA 200 Falcon.

In January 1976 the company flew a new fully aerobatic version, the P.66C Charlie, and 96 were built mainly for the Aero Club d'Italia.

Variants

* P.64 Fachiro III - Prototype, one built.
* P.64B Oscar B - Production aircraft with cut-down rear fuselage and 180hp Lycoming engine, 64 built.
* P.64B Oscar 180 - Marketing name for the Oscar B.
* P.64B Oscar 200 - 200hp version of the Oscar B, 9 built.
* P.66B Oscar 100 - Two-seat version with 100hp Lycoming engine, 80 built.
* P.66B Oscar 150 - Three-seat version with 150hp Lycoming engine, 50 built.
* P.66C Charlie - Four-seat aerobatic version of the P.66B with 160hp Lycoming engine, 107 built.
* P.66D Delta - P.66B with minor changes, one built.
* P.66T Charlie - Two-seat trainer version of the P.66C, one built.
* AFIC RSA 200 Falcon - South-African version of the P.64.

Operators

*ITA
*flag|South Africa|1928

pecifications (P.66C Charlie)

aircraft specification

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
crew=2 or 4
length main= 23 ft 9 in
length alt= 7.24 m
span main= 32 ft 9¾ in
span alt= 10.00 m
height main= 9 ft 1 in
height alt= 2.77 m
area main= 144.20 ft²
area alt= 13.40 m²
empty weight main= 1,323 lb
empty weight alt= 600 kg
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
max takeoff weight main= 2,183 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 990 kg
engine (prop)=Lycoming O-320
type of prop= flat-four piston
number of props=1
power main= 160 hp
power alt= 119 kw
max speed main= 149 mph
max speed alt= 240 km/h
range main= 485 miles
range alt= 780 km
ceiling main= 15,000 ft
ceiling alt= 4570 m
climb rate main=
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loading main=
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References

*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=
*cite book |last= Simpson| first= R.W. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Airlife's General Aviation|year= 1991|publisher= Airlife Publishing|location= Shrewsbury, England|isbn=1 853180 194 X

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similar aircraft=
Cessna 172, Cessna 150

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P.57 Fachiro P.59 Jolly • P.64 • P.66 • P.68
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