The right aircraft choice for an aerobatic team. I saw the Fiat G-91 R3 and R4 in flight many times when she served in the Portuguese Air Force - 1965 to 1993 - and the aircraft was amazingly agile and powerful enough. Being a pilot myself I met several people who flew the G-91. They all liked the plane, one said that the aircraft was quite unstable and had to be attentively surveilled during the whole flight. Another pilot I knew flew a lot of hours in the G-91 and ended up killing himself in a Cessna 150. Portugal used the G-91 in combat, the only country to do so. The aircraft gave a good account of herself but her payload was a bit too light. It was the best we had, though, and still we lost at least three in combat to anti-aircraft fire and SAM-7s, and several others to other causes. Fortunately the FIAT had a very capable Martin Baker ejection seat. I miss that aircraft and the A-7P a lot, just as I miss our Aerobatic Team _Asas de Portugal_ who operated six beautifully decorated Cessna T-37C between 1976 and 1992. 🙁
No one else used the FIAT G-91 longer than the Portuguese Air Force, (1965 to 1993) who was the only one to fly combat Operations with her. The aircraft was indeed extremely agile, very small, had an outstanding roll rate and emitted no smoke; but didn't have radar nor an adequate sight for air to air combat. In Portuguese Guinea Bissau, the threat of suddenly having Migs-17 operating from Guinea Conacri attacking our FIATs was taken seriously. We even installed experimentally AIM-9B Sidewinders, one in either outer pylon of our G-91s - I saw at least one picture - but in the end the Air threat never materialised. Still, we lost at least three G-91s to enemy fire in Guinea Bissau alone, both to ZPU-4 AA systems and SAM-7s. Personally, I think the G-91 would have had no chance against a well flown Mig-17 flown by some East German or Cuban "volunteer"; and unlike the Americans in Vietnam with their powerful F-4s or F-105s the FIAT had not enough power, therefore no option to avoid the fight or break contact in case of need. It was indeed an exciting and elegant little combat aircraft and I miss her a lot, just as I miss the thundering A-7P Corsair. Two very different yet fascinating aircraft that I won't see again crossing the Portuguese skies... 🙁
strepitosi ! esecuzioni delle figure perfette ,il cuore a un incrocio mozzafiato,(adesso sono molto più larghi da ramstain...) il solista che vola a pochi metri da terra ! la figura del calice fatta 4.3.2.1 adesso la fanno al contrario..bohh, l'incrocio della bomba fà venire la pelle d'oca per quanto sono bassi, pazzesco w la PAN for ever!!!!
Fantastici. Immagino che ci fosse anche Giampietro Gropplero, comperai da lui la mia prima moto. Bello pensare che la sua mano, prima di azionare la cloche, aveva azionato la manopola del gas che per due anni azionai io
vorrei ricordare che l'ideatore della"bomba" e' stato ARIOSTO NERI, da tutti dimenticato. mi batto da anni per onorarlo, ma non c'e' niente da fare: inerzia, ignoranza, pregiudizi e qualche colione che intromette senza averne la competenza. che tristezza
I really enjoyed the video, but the background music is horrible. 😬 On top of that, the FIAT has a beautiful, whistling noise that I'd rather like to hear again!
I used to think the Fiat was a modified Sabre. I didn't know how small it was until I got a model of one and compared it to my F-86D. I now know it was an indigenous design (and a pretty neat one at that), but still looks like an F-86 Sabre and an F-8 Crusader had a love child. Are there any civilian owned examples out on the airshow circuit?
I don't think so. The G91 had a relatively poor diffusion, both for the (used) F86 competition, and for the developing of aviation technology, that made that plane obsolete as a fighter (but still valid as a ground attacker). In addition to, in Italy, the the culture of historic aircraft is NOT developed at all.
Gufo_Tave That is a shame. You get a little more out of seeing something in motion as a living breathing machine than something just static in a museum. There were quite a few Italian designs during WWII that were quite interesting. The trimotor arrangement seemed quite popular in Italy. The C.D.R.A Z.1007bis was very striking. Also the Macchi Falgore. I'm sure as the value of these planes continues to climb someone will get the itch to find one and put an Italian Warbird in the air somewhere. There's even a Sturmovic flying now! All these planes deserve to be represented.
jpatt1000 as for ww2 birds check Fiat g-50 and g-55. They came out very late but many deemed the g-55 to be the best fighter of the war. Italian design (same as g-50) and German engine.
Not that I'm aware, no. But the Portuguese _Museu do Ar_ in Sintra AFB has at least two in static display, a R3 and a R4. The FIAT is indeed small, but keep in mind that the F-86D was larger than any other Sabre version. Probably you own the model from Airfix, just like me... 😀
Se intendi 91 volanti nessuno, molti fanno i gate guardian negli aeroporti militari dove hanno prestato servizio o nei musei, gli altri sono presso sfasciacarrozze....purtroppo...
Purtroppo in Italia non c'è ancora la tradizione come negli usa e in Inghilterra di mantenere un condizioni di volo aerei storici (soprattutto x i costi elevati) attualmente volano un T6 e un mb326 ex AM, poco altro poi.
@@cabre4 certo! Ma alla fine il 339 è di gran lunga più agile e maneggevole del G91. Il lomçovak e la scampanata col G91 non erano fattibili. Con il 339 hanno mantenuto tutte le figure che facevano con il G91 anzi, ne hanno pure aggiunte molte altre. Poi, per contro, il G91 era più veloce e più rumoroso. Ma a livello di manovrabilità il 339 ha pochi eguali
Scusate ! Perché avete tolto la “voce” ai 9 reattori ??? ??? ??? Aggiungendo un commento musicale del tutto avulso dal contesto ? “I never Die!” .. Ma che mi significa in una manifestazione del genere ? Ammesso che debba esserci per forza un commento musicale che non sia come ripeto, quello dei 9 accordatisdimi motori .. Iniziative incomprensibili se non tornando con la mente al tipo di considerazione assai scarsa devo dire per gli appartenenti alla difesa aerea .. Come anche per gli altri .. Le solite politiche sconsiderate … frutto di certe tendenze iniziate già a metà degli anni ‘60 ..