Partenavia Italian built twin engined light transport plane. SCO 8859
First flown on 25 May 1970, the prototype was built at Arzano, Italy. It was powered by two 200 hp (149 kW) Lycoming IO-360 piston engines. Production of the began in 1972 with 14 pre-production aircraft at new facilities in Casoria, Italy. These were followed in 1974 by the with the fuselage lengthened by 6in ( cm) to create more space in the cockpit. It was superseded in 1979 by the which had a lengthened nose to accommodate a weather radar. A turbocharged version (the ) was available in 1980. The type license was obtained by Vulcanair, which is still producing the With the help of Aeritalia, development began of a nine-seat turboprop version. The first aircraft, an , first flew in 1978 using Allison 250 turboprops. Although the prototype had a retractable undercarriage, the production aircraft, named the Spartacus, had a fixed undercarriage. Later, a retractable undercarriage version was built as the Viator. The German company Sportavia-Putzer modified the by replacing the nose section with a transparent structure, marketing it as an observation aircraft for law enforcement. Initially, Observers were simply conversions of existing aircraft, but later, they were entirely new aircraft built by Partenavia.
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Location: Halfpenny Green Flying Centre, Bobbington. Stourbridge. West Midlands. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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