Avia FL.3

G-AGFT                       c/n 176                             Italy
2 seat light aircraft first flown in 1938

Engine: 60hp(44kW) CNA D1V S
Length: 20’10”(6.37m)                                                                                          Height: 5’10”(1.8m)
Wingspan: 32’4”(9.85m)                                                                                                No.built: 355
Range: 374miles(600km)                                                                  Cruising speed: 90mph(145kmh) Empty weight: 661lb(300kg)                                                   Maximum take-off weight: 1156lb(525kg)

The Avia company was founded by Francis Lombardi at Vercelli, Italy in 1938. The prototype FL.3 was first flown with a 45hp(33kW) Persy 11 engine which was subsequently upgraded to the 60hp CNA when the type was selected as an ab initio trainer for the Italian Air Force. Of the total built, 20 were for the Croatian Air Force. During World War 11 the Germans appropriated about 250 for communications duties. Today around three out of a dozen survivors remain airworthy, some powered by a 65hp(48kW) Continental A65.

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