| Intro | Italian aerospace engineer |
| Was |
Engineer Aerospace engineer |
| From | Italy |
| Type |
Engineering Science |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1919, Milan, Province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
| Death |
14 May 2010, Milan, Province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy (aged 91 years) |
Stelio Frati (born in Milan Italy in 1919, died May 14, 2010 ) was an Italian mechanical engineer and aeroplane designer. He graduated from the University of Milan as a Mechanical Engineer in 1943, and after teaching aircraft design became a freelance aircraft designer, being responsible for many well known aircraft designs. One of his best known designs is the Falco F8L.
Designs
- F.M.1 Passero
- F.4 Rondone
- F.5
- F.6 Airone
- F.7 Rondone
- F.8 Falco
- F.9 Sparviero
- F.14 Nibbio
- F.15 Picchio
- F.20 Pegaso
- F.20TP Condor
- F.22 Pinguino
- F.30
- F.200
- F.250
- F.260
- SF.260
- F.400
- F.480
- SF.600 Canguro (en: “Kangaroo”)
- F.1000
- F.1300 Jet Squalus
- F.2500
- F.3000
- F.3500 Sparviero
- Aeromere F.8L America
- Ambrosini F.4 Rondone
- Ambrosini F.7 Rondone II
- Aviamilano F.8L Series I Falco
- Aviamilano F.8L Series II Falco
- Aviamilano F.14 Nibbio
- Aviamilano F.250 – first prototype powered by 187 kW (250 hp) Lycoming O-540-AID
- Aviamilano F.260 – two prototypes powered by 194 kW (260 hp) Lycoming O-540-E4A5
- Caproni Trento F.5* Ditta Movo F.M.1 Passero
- Frati Sky Arrow
- Ditta Movo F.M.1 Passero
- General Avia F.15 Picchio (Italian: “Woodpecker”) – prototype with Lycoming O-320 engine and three seats (1 built)
- General Avia F.15C – version with Continental IO-470 engine and tip tanks (1 built)
- General Avia F.15D – proposed version similar to F.15B with Franklin engine (not built)
- General Avia F.15E – all-metal version of F.15B with Continental IO-520K engine (1 built by General Avia)
- General Avia F.15F Delfino – version of F.15E with bubble canopy (1 built by General Avia)
- General Avia F.20TP Condor
- General Avia F.22 Pinguino
- General Avia F.3500 Sparviero
- General Avia Airtruck
- Golden Car F.30
- Italair F.20 Pegaso
- JSC Sokol F.15F Excalibur – F.15F built by JSC Sokol for HOAC
- Laverda Super Falco Series IV
- Pasotti F.6 Airone
- Pasotti F.9 Sparviero
- Piaggio 149 / Focke Wulf Piaggio 149D
- Procaer Cobra
- Procaer F.15A – initial production version with Lycoming O-360 engine and four seats (10 built by Procaer)
- Procaer F.15B – similar to F.15A but with larger-span wings and fuel tanks relocated from fuselage to wings (20 built by Procaer)
- Procaer Picchio
- Promavia F.1300 Jet Squalus
- Sequoia F.8L Falco
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260 – Production version of the F.260
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260 – Production version of the F.260
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260A – Initial production version. Built in small numbers.
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260M – Militarised version with strengthened airframe and improved aerodynamics
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260AM – Italian Air Force version. 33 built.
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260ML – Export version for Libya. 240 built.
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260W Warrior – Military version with weapons hardpoints
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260SW Sea Warrior – Coast patrol, fishery protection aircraft. One built.
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260B – Civilian version incorporating improvements of the SF-260M. Introduced 1974
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260C – Improved version of the SF.260B. Introduced in 1977
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260TP – Allison 250-B17D turboprop version of the SF.260C; first flown in 1980
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260D – SF.260C with uprated engine and other refinements. Introduced in 1985
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260E – Uprated SF.260D to compete for a USAF contract but later marketed to other military buyers
- SIAI Marchetti SF.260F – As above, with fuel-injected engine(8 delivered Nov.2010 to PAF)
- SIAI Aermacchi SF.260EA – Most recent variant for Italian Air Force. 30 built
- Vulcanair SF.600 Canguro (en: “Kangaroo”)
- Waco Meteor