Fiat G.12

infobox Aircraft
name = Fiat G.12
type = Civil airliner & military transport
manufacturer = Fiat
caption =
designer = Giuseppe Gabrielli
first flight = 15 October 1940
introduced = 1941
retired =
status =
primary user = Regia Aeronautica
more users = Luftwaffe Royal Hungarian Air Force
produced = 1941-1944
number built = 30

The Fiat G.12 was an Italian transport aircraft of the Second World War.

Design and development

The G.12 was an all-metal low-cantilever-wing personnel transport aircraft. It had three radial engines, one mounted on the fuselage nose and the other two in wing-mounted nacelles. The engines drove three-blade feathering metal propellers. The mainwheels of its landing gear retracted into the nacelles; the tailwheel was fixed. The flight deck and cabin were fully enclosed. Access was via a port-side access door aft of the wing.

The G.12 was designed as a civil aircraft, but served mainly in military roles during the War. Only a limited number were built, some as late as 1944, after the Italian armistice. The G.12 inspired the postwar Fiat G.212 "Flying Classroom", the last Italian three-engined transporter.

Variants

;G.12C :14-passenger transport aircraft, powered by three 770-hp (574-kW) Fiat A.74 RC 42 radial piston engines.;G.12 Gondar :Long-range cargo transport aircraft. ;G.12GA:Long-range transport aircraft, fitted with extra fuel tanks. Three built.;G.12RT:Special long-range version, built to fly between Rome and Tokyo. One built.;G.12RTbis:One built.;G.12T:Troop and cargo transport aircraft.;G.12CA:18-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three Alfa Romeo 128 radial piston engines.;G.12L:22-passenger commercial airliner. ;G.12LA:22-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three Alfa Romeo 128 radial piston engines.;G.12LB:22-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three 810-hp (604-kW) Bristol Pegasus 48 radial piston engines.;G.12LP:22-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three 1,065-hp (793-kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3-G Twin Wasp radial piston engines.

Operators

Military operators

; flag|Germany|Nazi
* Luftwaffe; flag|Hungary|1940
* Royal Hungarian Air Force; flag|Italy|1861
* Regia Aeronautica

pecifications

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
crew=3 (two pilots, radio operator)
capacity=14 troops or 24 civilians
length main=20.16 m
length alt=66 ft 2 in
span main=28.6 m
span alt=93 ft 10 in
height main= 4.9 m
height alt= 16 ft 1 in
area main=113.5 m²
area alt=1221.70 sq ft
empty weight main=8890 kg
empty weight alt=19599 lb
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
max takeoff weight main=12800 kg
max takeoff weight alt=28219 lb
engine (prop)=Fiat A.74 RC.42
type of prop=14 cylinder air cooled radial engines
number of props=3
power main=574 kW
power alt=800 hp
max speed main=396 km/h
max speed alt=246 mph
max speed more=at sea level
cruise speed main=308 km/h
cruise speed alt=191 mph
range main=1740 km
range alt=1081 miles
ceiling main=8000 m
ceiling alt=26250 ft
climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
loading main=
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armament=2 x 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns

ee also

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related=
*Fiat G.212
similar aircraft=
*Junkers Ju 52
*Douglas DC-3
*SM.79 Sparviero
*Savoia-Marchetti SM.81
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References

* Angelucci, Enzo "The World Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft", London, 1987.
* Stroud, John. "Post War Propliners : Fiat G.12 and G.212". "Aeroplane Monthly". Volume 23 No. 1, January 1994. London: IPC. Page 64-68.

External links

* [http://avia.russian.ee/air/italy/fiat_g-12.php| Fiat G.12]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/indexsearch.main?distinct=aircraft_generic&firstl=F&lastl=G picture of Fiat G.12]