Vulcanair is an Italian

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based in

Casoria Casoria (, ) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about northeast of Naples. Casoria borders the following municipalities: Afragola, Arzano, Cardito, Casalnuovo di Napoli, Casav ...

, near

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History

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was established in 1957 by Prof.

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and produced a quite large family of single-engined sport aircraft which eventually culminated with the successful twin-engined P.68 Victor and its derivatives. The Canguro was designed by aeronautical engineer

Stelio Frati Stelio Frati (born in Milan Italy in 1919, died 14 May 2010) was an Italian mechanical engineer and aeroplane designer. He graduated from the Politecnico di Milano as a mechanical engineer in 1943, participating in the design of the Aeronautica Lom ...

in the 1970s (first flight on December 30, 1978) for Siai Marchetti that, in 1981, developed the SF.600A version, with turboprop engine, retractable landing gear and cargo capability with lateral sliding door or hinged rear fuselage. Today just ten Canguro have been produced. Former spare parts producer Vulcanair set up a programme to produce a complete range of Italian designed twin-engined light transport aircraft. Vulcanair was founded in 1996 after purchasing all the assets, type design, trademarks and rights of the bankrupt

. In 1997, Vulcanair took over the SIAI-Marchetti SF.600 Canguro programme from

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and later acquired Samanta, a Naples-based air-work operator with SF.600 and P.68 experience. Around 1998, Vulcanair took over Milan-based Aercosmos that had bought Partenavia Costruzioni Aeronautiche SpA from Alenia in 1993. Vulcanair was then in the position to revive the production of twin-engined aircraft ranging from the basic P.68C to the turbine-powered 8,000 lbs MTOW Canguro (possibly in a stretched version). The Brazilian prestigious "Aero Magazine" named the P68C best aeroplane, 2010/2011, at the "XII Prêmio Aero Magazine de Aviação". Vulcanair's current products are based upon the designs of

(SF600A Canguro) and Luigi Pascale ( P68 Series). The current production lineup is the P68C (in normally aspirated and turbocharged variants), the P68 Observer 2 (a surveillance orientated variant with a mainly

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cockpit, again in normally aspirated and turbocharged versions), a retractable undercarriage variant of the normally aspirated P68C, the P68R (or Vr), a Rolls-Royce RR250-B17C turboprop powered 11 seat AP68TP-600 A-Viator and the SF600A Canguro. Vulcanair production takes place on a 60,000 square metres site at

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Aircraft

Vulcanair Canguro The Vulcanair SF.600 ''Canguro'' ( en: "Kangaroo") was a feederliner developed in Italy in the late 1970s. Despite a number of attempts to put the aircraft into series production, only a small number were ever built. Design and development The ...

Vulcanair Mission The Vulcanair VF600W Mission is an Italian single-engined utility transport, under development by Vulcanair of Casoria. Design and development The Mission is based on the twin-engined Vulcanair Canguro but powered by a single Walter M601F-11 ...

* Vulcanair P68 Series * Vulcanair V1.0

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External links

VulcanAir Official page

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