The Piaggio P.149 is a 1950s Italian utility and liaison aircraft designed and built by Piaggio. The aircraft was built under licence by Focke-Wulf in West Germany as the FWP.149D. The P.149 was developed as a four-seat touring variant of the earlier P.148.

The Focke Wulf FW P 149D Piggi was Germany´s first postwar,propeller, military, training aircraft. A warbird like the T34 or CJ6-A. The P 149D, a fully acrobatic four-seat aircraft, was developed from the P148, a twin-seater, in the early 1950´s at the PIAGGIO factory in Genoa, Italy.

The P.149 is an all-metal, low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear with room for four or five occupants. The prototype first flew on 19 June 1953. Only a few were sold, until the German Air Force selected the aircraft for a training and utility role.

The Piaggio P.149 is a 1950s Italian utility and liaison aircraft designed and built by Piaggio. The aircraft was built under licence by Focke-Wulf in West Germany as the FWP.149D. The P.149 was developed as a four-seat touring variant of the earlier P.148.

The Piaggio P.149 is a single-engine four-seat trainer and liaison aircraft produced by the Italian manufacturer Rinaldo Piaggio S.p.A. (today Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A.). West-Germany's Luftwaffe was the, by far, largest operator of the P.149 (262 aircraft).

May 8, 2019 · The type was developed by its designer to the P-149 four-seat touring aircraft with a retractable tricycle undercarriage, the prototype of this new model being flown for the first time on 19 June 1953.

The Focke-Wulf FWP.149D was a West German licensed built version of the Piaggio P.149 utility and liaison aircraft. Below is a list of airframes that survived military service.

We offer two titles for the Piaggio P149. The first title contains the Luftwaffe flight manual in English plus a repair manual and two manufacturer’s brochures. The second title contains the Flight Manual, the Parts Manual and the Maintenance Manual for the P149U, along with a manufacturer’s brochure.

Nicknames: Piggi, Pippi (Affectionate Luftwaffe nickname.) Engine: One 270-hp Lycoming GO-480-B1A6 flat-six piston engine. Wing Span: 36ft. 6in. Length: 28ft. 9.5in. Height: 9ft. 6in. Maximum Speed: 192 mph at sea level. Range: 680 miles. Armament: None. Number Built: 262. Number Still Airworthy: ~20.

Nov 18, 2023 · So, MM559 was the only Piaggio P.149 that ever served in the Italian Air Force. Captain Gusso finally found the airplane that checked all the boxes in July of 2021, but it, too, had a major flaw: an almost unwatchable civilian livery.