50 Freccia, and later the Fiat G.55 Centauro, the fastest Italian fighter of WWII. Additionally, he designed the Fiat G.59 trainer, and this new jet design was aimed to replace the Rolls-Royce ...

Through the Fiat G.59, a post-war modification of the ever-present G.55 Centauro, Italy was put back on track with enough time for more advanced jet fighters to be designed. Though largely ...

The Centauro shown here is of the G.59 variety made in 1950, meaning instead of the stock engine fitted inside these planes, Daimler-made ones, it uses a Rolls-Royce powerplant. Centauro planes ...