Stelio Frati

Stelio Frati (born in Milan Italy in 1919,^[1] died 14 May 2010^[2]) 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 Lombarda AR (Assalto Radioguidato - RC attack) radio-controlled wooden cantilever monoplane, powered by a single radial engine - a flying bomb/drone, flown for the first time the same year. After teaching aircraft design he became a freelance aircraft designer, being responsible for many well known aircraft designs.^[3] One of his best known designs is the Falco F8L.

Designs

• F.M.1 Passero motor-glider^[4] (1947) - One built by Ditta Movo
• F.4 Rondone (1951) - One built by CVV, production batch of nine built by Aeronautica Lombardi and Ambrosini.
• F.5 (1952) - One built by Caproni
• F.6 Airone (1954) - One built by Pasotti
• F.7 Rondone (1954) - Built by Pasotti
• F.8 Falco (1955) - Built by Aviamilano, Aeromere, Laverda and an amateur build variant by Sequoia of Virginia
• F.9 Sparviero (1956) - One built by Pasotti
• F.14 Nibbio (1958) - Built by Aviamilano
• F.15 Picchio (1959) - Built by Procaer and General Avia
• F.20 Pegaso (1971) - Built by General Avia
• F.20TP Condor (1983) - One built by General Avia
• F.22 Pinguino (1989) - One built by General Avia
• F.30 Golden Avio (2012) - Four built by Golden Avio
• F.250 (1964) - Built by Aviamilano
• F.260 (1964) - Built by Aviamilano, licence built by SIAI-Marchetti as the SF.260
• F.400 Cobra (1960) - One built by Procaer
• F.480 (Not completed)
• SF.600 Canguro (1978) One built by General Avia - licence built production by SIAI-Marchetti
• F.1000^[5]
• F.1300 Jet Squalus (1987) - Built by Promavaia
• F.2500^[5]
• F.3000^[5] (Not built)
• F.3500 Sparviero