Aerauto PL.5C
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The Aerauto
PL.5C was a roadable aircraft developed in Italy
in the early 1950s. It was a high-wing two-seat monoplane
whose wings could be folded to quickly transform it into an automobile. It was different from many such projects in that it used its pusher propeller (powered by a Continental C85) for propulsion not only in the air, but on the road as well. Development was abandoned in 1953
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Designed by aircraft engineer Luigi Pellarini, the Aerauto was built by Carrozzeria Colli
in Milan
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Aerauto
Aerauto was a subsidiary of the Italian coachworks Carrozerria Colli of Milan established in 1950 to develop a roadable aircraft. This project, the Aerauto PL.5C was pursued until 1953 when it was abandoned as unworkable....
PL.5C was a roadable aircraft developed in Italy
Italy
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in the early 1950s. It was a high-wing two-seat monoplane
Monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. Since the late 1930s it has been the most common form for a fixed wing aircraft.-Types of monoplane:...
whose wings could be folded to quickly transform it into an automobile. It was different from many such projects in that it used its pusher propeller (powered by a Continental C85) for propulsion not only in the air, but on the road as well. Development was abandoned in 1953
1953 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1953:- Events :*The first year in which the world's airlines carried more than 50 million people*Argentina initiates a study of the feasibility of converting either a cargo ship or a heavy cruiser into an aircraft carrier in an Argentine shipyard....
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Designed by aircraft engineer Luigi Pellarini, the Aerauto was built by Carrozzeria Colli
Carrozzeria Colli
The Milanese coachbuilder Carrozzeria Colli was established by Giuseppe Colli in 1931 and included his four sons, Mario, Candido, Beniamino and Tarcisio....
in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
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