page_title: FFA P-16
section_title: Surviving aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: FFA P-16 / Surviving aircraft
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Flieger-Flab-Museum, Dübendorf ZH, Schweiz
context_page_description: The FFA P-16 was a Swiss prototype ground attack jet fighter designed and produced by aircraft manufacturer Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein. It was Switzerland's second attempt to develop a domestically-designed and manufactured jet fighter, following the EFW N-20.
  Work on what would become the P-16 commenced during the late 1940s. From the onset, the company intended for the indigenously-developed fighter to replace several piston-engined aircraft that were then in service with the Swiss Air Force. During 1952, a pair of prototypes were ordered from FFA. On 25 April 1955, the first prototype performed its maiden flight. On 15 August 1956, the second prototype exceeded the sound barrier for the first time. The flight test programme demonstrated the P-16 to be capable of achieving favourable performance; accordingly, a production contract for 100 aircraft was issued by the Swiss Government.
  In the aftermath of a pre-production aircraft's crash, the Swiss production order was terminated and soon thereafter replaced by orders for the British-built Hawker Hunter. This cancellation had come before any production P-16s had been completed.
context_section_description: As of 2007, only a single example of the P-16, which was assembled from elements of two separate prototypes, remains in existence. It is on display at the Swiss Air Force Museum at the Dübendorf Air Base.
caption: "X-HB-VAD" at the Flieger Flab Museum in 2016
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