The Agusta AZ.8L, or Agusta-Zappata AZ.8L, was an Italian airliner prototype first flown on 9 June
1958
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. It was of conventional low-wing monoplane configuration with tricycle undercarriage and all-metal construction. Filippo Zappata's design grew out of a twin-engined transport designated AZ.1 that was never built.
When the AZ.8L failed to attract customers, Agusta abandoned the project to focus on its helicopter manufacturing operations, in particular a new Zappata design, the
A.101.
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Italian Air Force
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Agusta aircraft
1950s Italian airliners
Aircraft first flown in 1958
Four-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Four-engined piston aircraft
Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear