Stelio Frati (born in Milan Italy in 1919,[1] died 14 May 2010[2]) was an Italian mechanical engineer and aeroplane designer. He graduated from the Politecnico di Milano as a mechanical engineer in 1943, participating in the design of the Aeronautica Lombarda AR (Assalto Radioguidato - RC attack) radio-controlled wooden cantilever monoplane, powered by a single radial engine - a flying bomb/drone, flown for the first time the same year. After teaching aircraft design he became a freelance aircraft designer, being responsible for many well known aircraft designs.[3] One of his best known designs is the Falco F8L.
Designs
edit- F.M.1 Passero motor-glider[4] (1947) - One built by Ditta Movo
- F.4 Rondone (1951) - One built by CVV, production batch of nine built by Aeronautica Lombardi and Ambrosini.
- F.5 (1952) - One built by Caproni
- F.6 Airone (1954) - One built by Pasotti
- F.7 Rondone (1954) - Built by Pasotti
- F.8 Falco (1955) - Built by Aviamilano, Aeromere, Laverda and an amateur build variant by Sequoia of Virginia
- F.9 Sparviero (1956) - One built by Pasotti
- F.14 Nibbio (1958) - Built by Aviamilano
- F.15 Picchio (1959) - Built by Procaer and General Avia
- F.20 Pegaso (1971) - Built by General Avia
- F.20TP Condor (1983) - One built by General Avia
- F.22 Pinguino (1989) - One built by General Avia
- F.30 Golden Avio (2012) - Four built by Golden Avio
- F.250 (1964) - Built by Aviamilano
- F.260 (1964) - Built by Aviamilano, licence built by SIAI-Marchetti as the SF.260
- F.400 Cobra (1960) - One built by Procaer
- F.480 (Not completed)
- SF.600 Canguro (1978) One built by General Avia - licence built production by SIAI-Marchetti
- F.1000[5]
- F.1300 Jet Squalus (1987) - Built by Promavaia
- F.2500[5]
- F.3000[5] (Not built)
- F.3500 Sparviero
References
edit- ^ "The making of a genius". ultimateitaly.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Stelio Frati". seqair.com. July 22, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
- ^ "General Avia and Stelio Frati aircraft history, performance and specifications". pilotfriend.com. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ "F.M.1 Passero". Seqair.com. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
- ^ a b c "Frati's New Airplanes". Seqair.com. Retrieved 2012-04-26.