ATSimulations Focke-Wulf Piaggio FWP.149 N149JZ v1.0

ATSimulations Focke-Wulf Piaggio FWP.149 N149JZ v1.0

The Piaggio P.149 is an Italian utility and liaison aircraft from the 1950s that was designed and built by Piaggio. Few were built until Germany selected it as a trainer and liaison aircraft and accepted 72 units from Piaggio. The aircraft was later built under license from Focke-Wulf in West Germany as FWP.149D, who built another 190 copies for the German Air Force. The prototype first flew on June 19, 1953. The aircraft was operated from 1957 to 1984 by the German Air Force, the longest operating period for any aircraft in the German Luftwaffe. The Swissair flight school at Bern (Belp) airfield used a small fleet of this type to give primary instruction to prospective pilots. Between the German Air force, Swissair, and several units purchased by Uganda, A total of 290 units were manufactured, most between 1957 and 1961. At a cruising speed of 140 knots, fuel consumption is around 15 gallons per hour. The maximum speed at sea level is around 170 knots. The rate of climb is a respectable 980 fpm and the service ceiling is 19,850 feet. The range with a reserve of 30 minutes is 680 miles. Peformance and reliability like this show that it was an all-round respectable airplane.

This particular plane is serial number 255 and was restored in nearly every detail by Ed Zager of Intel fame. I say nearly so because the camoflage scheme is mirrored left and right, when the right side should have been kind of flipped from the left. And the plane would most likely have been seen in this scheme when it had the call sign 91+73. It was very likely all orange when it was AS+406. Nevertheless, it’s still a beautiful aircraft, and I’m kicking myself for not buying it when I could have. Maybe someday. Through its life the plane carried the call signs AS+406, AC+406, 91+73, D-EFDO, and now N149JZ. While in the Luftwaffe, it served mainly with 3 JABOG 49.

While researching the purchase, I came across quite a bit of information regarding the Lycoming GO-480-B1A6 engine and collected some of it here

Installation: Drag and drop the liveries-FW149D-flyingscool-N149JZ folder in the zip file into your Community folder