| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | X-HB-VAD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | FFA P-16 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | FFA P-16 |
| Aircraft Version: | FFA P-16 MkIII |
| C/n (msn): | 05 |
| Operator Titles: | Switzerland - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | DübendorfMap |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: LSMD IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Flieger Flab Museum |
| Photo Date: | 9 May 2014 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 20057 |
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The P-16 was designed in Switzerland for close-support with short-field performance for Alpine strips. Test flights from 1955 proved promising, so a contract was awarded in 1958 for 100 aircraft. But the first pre-production machine crashed on 25.03.58, causing the government to cancel, buying Hunters from the UK instead. This is the last of five built, restored using parts from another prototype. The P-16 is sometimes dubbed Father of the Learjet, Bill Lear having used design concepts from the project This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 19 November 2017, and has since been viewed 1470 times. |