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 ''Costruzioni Aeronautiche e Ferroviarie'' (Aeronautical and Railway Constructions). In 1969 it merged with Salmoiraghi and the

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Aeritalia Aeritalia was an aerospace engineering corporation based in Italy. It was formed out of the merger of two aviation companies, Fiat Aviazione and Aerfer, in 1969. Aeritalia continued several programs of its preceding companies, perhaps most pro ...

. 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 for '' sagittarius'') was a prototype all-metal single-seat lightweight fighter aircraft built in Italy by Aerfer, intended to serve as an interceptor or light tactical support aircraft. First flown in 1956, it b ...

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. *

Aerfer Ariete The Aerfer ''Ariete'' (Italian for ''Ram'') was a prototype fighter aircraft built in Italy in 1958. It was a refined derivative of the Aerfer Sagittario 2, and was an attempt to bring that aircraft up to a standard where it could be mass-produce ...

(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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