Alaparma Baldo
title: "Alaparma Baldo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["single-engined-pusher-aircraft", "1940s-italian-civil-utility-aircraft", "alaparma-aircraft", "mid-wing-aircraft", "aircraft-first-flown-in-1949", "twin-boom-aircraft", "aircraft-with-fixed-bicycle-landing-gear"] topic_path: "geography/italy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaparma_Baldo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Baldo |
| image | Alaparma AP75 Baldo.jpg |
| type | Civil utility aircraft |
| manufacturer | Alaparma |
| designer | Adriano Mantelli |
| produced | 1949-51 |
| number_built | ~35 |
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|name=Baldo |image=Alaparma AP75 Baldo.jpg |caption= |type=Civil utility aircraft |manufacturer=Alaparma |designer=Adriano Mantelli |first_flight= |introduction= |retired= |status= |primary_user= |more_users= |produced=1949-51 |number_built=~35 |variants= The Alaparma Baldo was an unusual two-seat light monoplane produced in Italy shortly after World War II. Designed by Adriano Mantelli, it featured an egg-shaped fuselage with cabin doors that hinged upwards and to the back. The conventional tailplane with single fin and rudder was carried on twin booms, either side of a pusher engine installation. The undercarriage consisted of a single mainwheel under the fuselage pod, a small tailwheel not far behind it, and outrigger wheels on the wingtips.
Variants
- AM.65 with 65hp Walter Mikron piston engine
- AM.75 with 75hp Praga D engine
Operators
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- Italian Air Force operated 10 aircraft until 1951
Specifications (AM.75)
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|ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52 |prime units?=met General characteristics
|crew=2 |capacity= |length m=5.08 |length ft= |length in= |span m=7.00 |span ft= |span in= |height m=1.45 |height ft= |height in= |wing area sqm=8.5 |wing area sqft= |empty weight kg=280 |empty weight lb= |gross weight kg=490 |gross weight lb= |fuel capacity= Powerplant
|eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Praga D |eng1 type=4-cylinder horizontally-opposed piston engine |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=75
|prop blade number= |prop name= |prop dia m= |prop dia ft= |prop dia in=
Performance
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|max speed kmh=217 |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed mach= |cruise speed kmh=192 |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed note=(75% power) |range km=660 |range miles= |range nmi= |ceiling m=4800 |ceiling ft= |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin= |time to altitude=5 min to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
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References
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References
- "Italian Air Force". aeroflight.
- Bridgman 1951, p. 161c.
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