Description

Aviation Collectables Company dedicates a special issue of the Italian Aviation Series to the iconic FIAT G.91. This book is 128 pages long and contains almost 300 photographs. Undoubtedly the FIAT G.91 was one of the most famous Italian aircraft of the post-war period. Winner in 1958 of the NATO competition to equip the Alliance with a modern fighter-bomber, it was produced in Italy and Germany and was used by the military air forces of those nations as well as by the Portuguese one. In Italy, the G.91 was for many years the airplane used by the National Aerobatic Team, the famous Frecce Tricolori. This book tells the birth and evolution of the G.91, from prototypes to pre-series, to the “R” reconnaissance versions to the “T” training version. Dedicated chapters tell the brief experience of the G.91 in the USA and its employment in Germany and Portugal. English/Italian text.