Fiat G.18

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type=Airliner
manufacturer=Fiat
designer=Giuseppe Gabrielli
first flight=18 March avyear|1935
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variants with their own articles=The Fiat G.18 was an Italian airliner developed in the mid 1930s. It was a conventional low-wing monoplane with twin engines mounted on the wings. The main units of the tailwheel undercarriage retracted into the engine nacelles, leaving their wheels partially exposed. The cabin seated 18 passengers.

Three G.18s were put into service with Fiat's own airline, ALI early in 1936, and the feedback received was that the type was underpowered. Fiat responded the following year with a revised version, the G.18V which had more powerful engines, and a redesigned fin and long dorsal strake. Six of these were delivered to ALI, which operated them on its European routes until the outbreak of war. In June 1940, ALI was brought under control of the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Air Force), and the G.18s were put to use as transports. Among other operations, they flew troops to Albania in November 1940 as part of the campaign against Greece. By the time of the Italian armistice, only one remained in operation, with another three captured by Germany, and a fifth aircraft in use by the remaining Italian Fascist forces. This latter aircraft was involved in a major accident on 30 April 1944 when loaded with munitions, it exploded on the runway at Bresso. The blast caused considerable damage to the airfield.

Variants

* G.18 - original version with Fiat A.59 engines (3 built)
* G.18V - revised version with Fiat A.80 engines (6 built)

Operators

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*Avio Linee Italiane (ALI)
*Regia Aeronautica

pecifications (G.18V)

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crew=Three
capacity=18 passengers
length m=18.81
length ft=61
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height m=5.01
height ft=16
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wing area sqm=88.3
wing area sqft=950
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empty weight kg=7,200
empty weight lb=15,900
gross weight kg=10,800
gross weight lb=23,800
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range km=1,675
range miles=1,041
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ceiling m=8,700
ceiling ft=28,600
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