This is the text i struggle to post in G page Just to realize how i want to contribute to wiki and how someone dont want i do it     The Aeritalia G also known as the Fiat G and nicknamed Gina was an light Italian fighter aircraft that was intended to serve as standard equipment for NATO air forces in the s It was eventually only adopted by three  the Italian Air Force West Germanys Luftwaffe and the Portuguese Air Force but enjoyed a long service life that extended over  years  Development In  European aircraft manufacturers were invited by NATO to submit aircraft for evaluation for the Light Weight Strike Fighter LWSF role The G was designed to the specification by the famous Italian engineer Giuseppe Gabrielli hence the G designation The competition was intended to produce an aircraft that was light small expendable equipped with basic weapons and avionics and capable of operating with minimal ground support These specifications were developed for two reasons the first was the nuclear threat and the other was to counter the trend towards larger and more expensive aircraft  The technical requirements were    m takeoff distance over a  m obstacle  Capability to operate from grass strips and streets  Max speed of  Mach  Range of  km with  min over the target  Armoured protection for the pilot and the fuel tanks  x mm or x mm or  mm guns  A maximum of  kg empty weight and  kg max weightFerrari  p   The challengher proposals must had been presented within two months after the request The projecting work was only apparently an easy task because making a very small aircraft yet capable to cover these NATO specifications was difficult   Fiat Aviazione presented G and so did other competitors with a total of  projects analysed since  March by AGARD Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development led by Theodore Von Karman The finalists were declared Breguet Taon Dassault Etendard Fiat G and Folland Gnat Another interesting project was Sud Aviation Badoleur that solved drastically the problem of a proper landing undercarriage simply omitted and sobstitued with a landing and take off skid aircraft was moved in ground operations with a special trailer This however was not ufficially presented to AGARD that choose on paper the Taon as winner  In the meanwhile there was the problem of the engine that must been light yet enough powerful and reliable with easy and cheap maintenance like the whole aircraft The solution was realized by Bristol with the Bristol Orpheus a simple and effective turbojet It was adopted to all the finalists so Bristol will won the contest in every case GR presented by Fiat was also called little Sabre It was due by the knowledge gained with licenseproduction of a modern aircraft the FK that helped to make much experience with advanced jet aircrafts  It was similar to F as overall design but smaller and capable to operate from semiprepared airstrips  GR was  heavier than the estimates and this was due partly to testing hardware but it was powered by a Bristol Orpheus BOr   kgt  It was yet capable to supersonic speed in dives as shown by the flight made in  February  when it was able to break the sound barrier four times with  m dives His test pilot Riccardo Bignamini a famous one of that times he won McKenna Trophy at Empire Test School was a key element to solve the G shortcomings and the first flight was made in  August  at TorinoCaselle airfield   Few days after it was tested at high speed and at  m ceiling but lost control and Bignamini was forced to bail out resulting wounded in the dorsal spin  The reengineering work on G was very intensive and the second prototype had a bigger tail  cm taller canopy a ventral control surface and some other modifics It flew in July  but it was not sent to the final evaluation  The third and fourth prototypes were sent at Bretigny France facing with homeland competitors After several days of flight tests G won against the supposed winner Taon and the Etendard Gnat was retired before this trial due to some still unsolved problems After  days of intensive tests in September  the evaluation was in favour of Gabriellis fighter and during Jeanuary  Fiat G was declared the winner     Tecnical description  G was a small single engine and single seat in the initial standard version machine all metallic with multirole capabilities It was after the introduction of the Rnose a short range fighterbomberrecce aircraft CBR the only real allaround fighter that served in AMI but this was not without limitation in every task It had nothing to do with actual multirole capabilities like JAS Gripen have  The engine was a foreign one as usual for italian aircrafts and it worths remark that british engine industry was at that time the leader in Europe having the more direct opponent Germany lost the WWII UK with all the conseguences related and also the other successful coevus italian jet MB was engined with a british model in this case RR Viper series another small and efficient turbojet used even for the successor MB Bristol BOr  was produced under license by Fiat Avio as  with  kgt at take off and  continuous to increase the weight increment Ferrari p    G was meant a fighter so it was faster than MB and so it  not had the same low speed and endurance capabilities to have a more performing airframe   It had a sweep wing made with three elements Angle was  at  chord thickness was  length ratio  negative diedral angle was  The construction followed the traditional criterias being made with twospars and a third false spar supporting the undercarriage gear Control surfaces had flaps and ailerons but not slats   Fuselage was made with three sections cockpitnose central fuselage and aft fuselage with the engine Despite the swept wing  the minimum speed was still only  kmh allowing to use relatively short airstrips Ferrari p     Fuel was  l twice than MB fuel tanks were in the centre of fuselage for a total of nine made with nylon and rubber selfsealing Another  l was in two external tanks only for ferrying but the normal for tactical mission was  l  x  l each   The pilot had a small cockpit with a bubble canopy and a pointed nose allowing a quite good forward visibiility It was available only a limited instruments  set especially in R version while R and RB were the mature GRs made with german requirements Windscreen was three pieces the central was armoured Ejection seat was MartinBaker MKW with  m alt kmh minimum speed Only in  began the replacement with the most modern  set MK Sgarlato p    Weaponry was limited to only four  M machineguns fitted in the flanks Covered with panels they were easily accessibles and reloadables with  round belts total F Sabre had six Ms FK had   mm guns but the GR was quite smaller To solve this shortcoming in firepower R had   mm DEFA guns  crt total Ferrari p     One of the winner capabilities of GR was the undercarriage gear It had both vertical and horizontal shockabsorbers to operate at best even over nonprepared terrains It was made by MessierBugatti and the forward element could steer up to  for every side with double axis amortization to better absorb terrain solicitations Ferrari p    External stores had only two pylons capables of  kg in practice  kg but only with fuel tanks R seldom R and R had another pair under wings pylons capable to carry  kg This allowed to use both tanks with  l capability and stores differently this aircraft was forced to choose between a decent range or a sufficient weaponry With ext tanks the machine had  km range at best conditions with external stores without tanks it had  km The reconnaissance capability from GRA was always retained   The weapons usually carried were rockets two x mm Aero L launchers with  m useful range or   and even  mm caliber  or  kg bombs