Stormo Videos is a film archive of the Italian Armed Forces of WWI and WWII. All videos are displayed here with expressed permission
and are intended solely for educational and informative use only.
FIAT G.80 - First Post-War Italian Jet Aircraft
The Fiat G.80 was a military jet trainer developed in Italy first flown in 1951, and was
Italy's first post-war jet-powered aircraft. It was a conventional low-wing monoplane with
retractable tricycle undercarriage and engine air intakes on the fuselage sides. The pilot
and instructor sat in tandem under a long bubble canopy. Note the fly-by of the de
Havilland Vampire in the background.
