Meet Piaggio / Focke-Wulf P.149
The P.149 developed from Piaggio’s two-seat P.148 into a four-seat training and utility aircraft. ATSimulations’ historical section records its first flight on 19 June 1953 and its selection by the German armed forces. The Focke-Wulf P.149D name in the simulator reflects that German production and service chapter.
The aircraft combines a piston engine and constant-speed propeller with retractable tricycle gear and slotted flaps. The developer manual documents pitch and rudder trim tabs, with no aileron-trim control in its configuration. Four seats and a trainer’s controls give it a role that spans instruction and light transport rather than simply adding power to a two-seat trainer.
History & design
From P.148 to P.149D
The ATSimulations manual places the four-seat development at Piaggio in Genoa in the early 1950s. It records the June 1953 maiden flight and the German Air Force’s final retirement on 31 March 1990. Those dates frame a long training-aircraft career and the Focke-Wulf-built variant represented here.
ATSimulations · ATSimulations Focke-Wulf P149D User Manual ↗ATSimulations P.149D history section.
A four-seat trainer’s configuration
The manual describes a 270-hp Lycoming GO-480 with a constant-speed propeller. Pitch and rudder tabs allow those axes to be trimmed separately, while slotted flaps and retractable tricycle gear provide the approach configuration. The manual’s stated equipment belongs to this rendition of the P.149D.
ATSimulations · ATSimulations Focke-Wulf P149D User Manual ↗ATSimulations P.149D systems and configuration.
Training and liaison in the same cabin
The P.149 grew from the two-seat P.148 into a four-seat aircraft with dual controls in the front pair. The developer’s historical account says that cabin space mattered to the German selection because the aircraft would perform liaison as well as training work. German assembly was followed by Focke-Wulf production at Bremen. The manual’s production reference describes a GO-480 and constant-speed propeller, distinct from the smaller GO-435 used by the prototypes.
ATSimulations · ATSimulations Focke-Wulf P149D User Manual ↗ATSimulations P.149D guide; production-aircraft reference
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Manual
ATSimulations Focke-Wulf P149D User ManualATSimulations · ATSimulations P.149D history section.; ATSimulations P.149D systems and configuration.Developer documentation
ATSimulations - Focke-Wulf P.149D [MSFS]www.atsimulations.com · Aircraft equipment and developer product details.Built-in force-feedback profiles
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ATSimulations Focke-Wulf P149D
ATSimulations · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020
The P.149 developed from Piaggio’s two-seat P.148 into a four-seat training and utility aircraft.
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