Feltrinelli Light Airplane of 1959 ?
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Hi Hesham,
are you sure it was a light aircraft and not the glider Rotondi R-2 Tobia? It was designed and built in 1958-1962.
I think that designing TWO aircraft projects in the same period was too demanding for a technical institute (although an Italian one B))
BTW, the same Institute is now trying to restore the Tobia:
http://webcommunity.ilvolo.it/il-salvataggio-del-tobia-i-fegi-p236109.html
Temistocle
are you sure it was a light aircraft and not the glider Rotondi R-2 Tobia? It was designed and built in 1958-1962.
I think that designing TWO aircraft projects in the same period was too demanding for a technical institute (although an Italian one B))
BTW, the same Institute is now trying to restore the Tobia:
http://webcommunity.ilvolo.it/il-salvataggio-del-tobia-i-fegi-p236109.html
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Were there other designs by ing. Gianfranco Rotondi besides the 1952-1957 R1 'Gheppio' ('Kestrel') single-seat sailplane?
For the record, R1 'Gheppio' (I-AVMG) first flight was April 1957. It was similar to the later R2 'Tobia' ('Tobit') but somewhat smaller (span 10.00 m vs 13.60 m; length o/a 5.50 m vs 6.60 m).
Details and 3-view drawings of both R1 'Gheppio' and R2 'Tobia' (I-FEGI):
-- https://www.dropbox.com/s/i7n3vx4rhsau3ew/Presentazione%20ing%20Rotondi-PDF.pdf
For the record, R1 'Gheppio' (I-AVMG) first flight was April 1957. It was similar to the later R2 'Tobia' ('Tobit') but somewhat smaller (span 10.00 m vs 13.60 m; length o/a 5.50 m vs 6.60 m).
Details and 3-view drawings of both R1 'Gheppio' and R2 'Tobia' (I-FEGI):
-- https://www.dropbox.com/s/i7n3vx4rhsau3ew/Presentazione%20ing%20Rotondi-PDF.pdf
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