Aerfer was an Italian manufacturing company created in 1955 by the

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and Officine Ferroviarie Meridionali. The name is a contraction of (Aeronautical and Railway Constructions). In 1969 it merged with Salmoiraghi and the aviation division of

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to create Aeritalia. The firm is remembered mostly in connection with the development of Italy's first supersonic jet, the

Aerfer Sagittario 2 The Aerfer Sagittario 2 (Italian language, Italian for ''sagittarius (constellation), sagittarius'') was a prototype all-metal single-seat lightweight fighter aircraft built in Italy by Aerfer, intended to serve as an interceptor or light tactic ...

List of aircraft

* SAI.7 (1939) Single propeller engine single-seat racing aircraft * SAI.7T (1943) Single propeller engine two-seat training aircraft * S.7 (1949) Single propeller engine two-seat touring aircraft * Supersette (1951) Single propeller engine two-seat trainer/racing aircraft * Sagittario (1953) Single jet engine adaptation of S.7 aircraft, with wooden wings and tail surfaces *

(1956) All-metal development of Sagittario; broke sound barrier *

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(1958) Development of Sagittario 2 with additional jet engine for climb and speed *

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(1959) Proposed development of Sagittario 2 with additional rocket engine for climb and speed (not built)

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List of aircraft

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