SF260 owners association

The SIAI-Marchetti SF260 (now Leonardo SF-260) is an Italian light flying machine showcased as an aerobatics and military mentor. It was composed by Stelio Frati, initially for Aviamilano, which flew the main model of it (then assigned F.260) on July 15, 1964. Real generation was embraced when SIAI Marchetti obtained the configuration before long and proceeded with this firm until the organization was purchased by Aermacchi in 1997. The military forms are well known with littler aviation based armed forces, which can likewise arm it for use in the nearby bolster part. The Italian Air Force has requested machines in 2005 and in 2010, Alenia is wanted to collect machines Fábrica Argentina de Aviones Córdoba plant The machines have been sold to mm. Sri Lanka, where they have been utilized as a part of the Civil War, and Libya, which has given them in Chad. Libya SF.360 purchased 240 planes in the 1970s. Italy submitted 31 items Rhodesian white politically-sanctioned racial segregation government in 1977. In the 1970s, the Philippines secure 48 air ship to supplant the Beech T-34A Mentor-school machines. Be conveyed to the Philippines in 2010, 18 new Alenia Aermacchi F.260E items.The outline utilizes a low-mounted cantilever wing and retractable tricycle undercarriage, and is frequently adulated for its smooth lines and lively appearance. The pilot and up to two travelers (or pilot and one understudy in mentor variants) are obliged under a wide, broadly coated covering. The structure is affirmed for acrobatics. The SF.260 holds the velocity records for airplane in its class over the 100 km (62 mi) and 1,000 km (620 mi) shut circuits. The air ship was promoted in the United States in the late 1960s as the Waco Meteor, despite the fact that it was not the slightest bit associated with the Waco flying machine organization. Thirty SF.260EA – the latest form – were conveyed to the Italian Air Force in 2005 at an aggregate cost of €33 million ($40 million)