The FIAT A 50 is a 7-cylinder radial engine developed in 1928 for training and general aviation aircrafts. The engine features an ordinary single-row arrangement and thanks to a good reliability and an easy maintenance, it reached a good market response. From 1928 to 1932, it was produced in circa 900 copies which were fitted in many aircrafts up to 1940, such as the Caproni Ca.100. The A50 also reached several aviation records in ceiling, distance and duration of flight. In 1930 the aviator Francis Lombardi used an A 50 in its FIAT AS.1 e AS.2 aircrafts, for the long-distance flights Roma-Mogadiscio, Vercelli-Tokyo and for the circumnavigation of the Africa. In the same period, a FIAT A 50 was used in one of the early helicopter of Corradino D’Ascanio, which reached many flight records for rotary-wing aircraft. The exemplar of the Museum has been endowed with a particular cutted copy of wooden propeller, manufactured by Mr. Ivan Terrevoli, on the basis of the original one displayed at the Museum of Engines.

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