Partenavia Tornado
| Industry | Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1950s |
| Headquarters | Italy |
| Products | Aircraft |
The Partenavia P.55 Tornado was an Italian high-performance monoplane from the 1950s, designed primarily for competition and touring purposes by Partenavia. This compact aircraft featured a mid-wing cantilever design and was equipped with retractable tricycle landing gear. Propulsion was provided by a single Lycoming O-320 piston engine mounted at the nose.
Developed specifically to compete in the Tour of Sicily (Giro di Sicilia), the Tornado secured victory in the 1956 edition of the race. Despite this success, its highly specialized nature prevented it from entering mass production, resulting in only one unit being manufactured (registration I-REGJ). Tragically, this sole aircraft was lost in an accident on 13 June 1958.
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References
- Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1956–57. New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1956.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
- Archived webpage: https://web.archive.org/web/20080209213356/http://aeroweb.lucia.it/en/history/pascale.htm