Stelio Frati

Italian light aircraft designer

Stelio Frati (born in Milan Italy in 1919,^[1] died 14 May 2010^[2]) was an Italian mechanical engineer and aeroplane designer. He graduated from the Politecnico di Milano as a mechanical engineer in 1943, participating in the design of the Aeronautica Lombarda AR (Assalto Radioguidato - RC attack) radio-controlled wooden cantilever monoplane, powered by a single radial engine - a flying bomb/drone, flown for the first time the same year. After teaching aircraft design he became a freelance aircraft designer, being responsible for many well known aircraft designs.^[3] One of his best known designs is the Falco F8L.

Designs

F.M.1 Passero^[4] (1947) - One built by Ditta Movo
F.4 Rondone - One built by CVV, production batch of nine built by Aeronautica Lombardi and Ambrosini.
F.5 - One built by Caproni
F.6 Airone (1954) - One built by Pasotti
F.7 Rondone (1954) - Built by Pasotti
F.8 Falco (1955) - Built by Aviamilano, Aeromere, Laverda and an amateur build variant by Sequoia of Virginia
F.9 Sparviero (1956) - One built by Pasotti
F.14 Nibbio (1958) - Built by Aviamilano
F.15 Picchio (1959) - Built by Procaer and General Avia
F.20 Pegaso (1971) - Built by General Avia
F.20TP Condor (1983) - One built by General Avia
F.22 Pinguino (1989) - One built by General Avia
F.30 Golden Avio (2012) - Four built by Golden Avio
F.250 (1964) - Built by Aviamilano
F.260 - Built by Aviamilano, licence built by SIAI-Marchetti as the SF.260
F.400 Cobra (1960) - One built by Procaer
F.480 (Not Completed)
SF.600 Canguro (1978) One built by General Avia - licence built production by SIAI-Marchetti
F.1000^[5]
F.1300 Jet Squalus (1987) - Built by Promavaia
F.2500^[5]
F.3000^[5] (Not Built)
F.3500 Sparviero

References

^ "The making of a genius". ultimateitaly.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. Retrieved June 28, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Stelio Frati". seqair.com. July 22, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
^ "General Avia and Stelio Frati aircraft history, performance and specifications". pilotfriend.com. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
^ "F.M.1 Passero". Seqair.com. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Frati's New Airplanes". Seqair.com. Retrieved 2012-04-26.