Macchi M.B.308

{{Short description|Light aircraft produced in Italy in the late 1940s}} {{Refimprove|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox aircraft | name = MB.308 / MB-308 | logo = | logo_size = | image = File:Aermacchi MB-308 in flight.jpg | alt = | caption = Aermacchi MB-308 in flight at the Historical Aircraft Group FlyParty 2014 | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Utility aircraft | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = Italy | manufacturer = Macchi | design_group = | designer = | builder = German Bianco | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = Italian Air Force | more_users = {{ubl| *Argentine National Gendarmerie *Egyptian Air Force *Lebanese Air Force }} | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 183{{cn|date=January 2023}} | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = 19 January 1947 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }}

The '''Macchi MB.308''', later '''Aermacchi MB-308''', is a light aircraft produced in Italy in the late 1940s.

==Development== {{Expand section|date=May 2018}}

It was a conventional high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage. Construction throughout was of wood. The pilot and a single passenger or instructor sat side by side, and later examples had a third seat behind them.

The MB.308 was ordered in quantity by the Italian Air Force, which leased them out to Italy's aeroclubs. A modified version with a higher-powered engine was put into production in Argentina, under licence to sailplane manufacturer German Bianco.

==Operators== thumb|right|An Italian MB308

;{{ARG}} *Argentine National Gendarmerie ;{{flag|Egypt|1922}} *Egyptian Air Force ;{{ITA}} *Italian Air Force (''Aeronautica Militare Italiana'') - received 81 aircraft in 1948 and were retired in 1954<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/storia/museostorico/Pagine/MacchiMB308.aspx | title = Macchi MB-308 | publisher = Aeronautica Militare | access-date = 30 May 2019}}</ref> ;{{flag|Lebanon}} *Lebanese Air Force

==Variants== thumb|right|MB.308 Idro, Italy, 1965

;MB.308 :Two-seat version with an {{convert|85|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} or {{convert|90|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Continental engine. 137 built.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Simpson |first=R. W. |title=Airlife's General Aviation |publisher=Airlife Publishing |year=1991 |isbn=1853105775 |edition=2nd |pages=15–16}}</ref> ;MB.308 Idro :Seaplane version{{Cn|date=June 2024}} ;MB.308G :Three-seat version with a {{convert|90|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Continental C90 engine.<ref name=":0" /> ;MB.308-100 :MB.308G built by German Bianco in Argentina with a {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Continental O-200-A engine. Approximately 46 built.<ref name=":0" />

==Specifications (MB.308 - C85 engine)== {{Aircraft specs |ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1955–56<ref name="jawa55 p172">Bridgman 1955, p. 172.</ref> |prime units?=met  |genhide=

|crew=2 |capacity= |length m=6.53 |length ft= |length in= |span m=10.00 |span ft= |span in= |height m=2.18 |height ft= |height in= |wing area sqm=13.72 |wing area sqft= |empty weight kg=410 |empty weight lb= |gross weight kg=650 |gross weight lb= |fuel capacity={{convert|80|L|USgal impgal}}  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Continental C85 |eng1 type=air-cooled flat-four |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=85

|perfhide=

|max speed kmh=197 |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed mach= |cruise speed kmh=164 |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note=(70% power) |range km=760 |range miles= |range nmi= |ceiling m=4500 |ceiling ft= |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin= |time to altitude=6 minutes to {{convert|1000|m|ft|abbr=on}} |more performance=

|avionics= }}

==See also== {{Aircontent | related = | similar aircraft = * Cessna 150 | lists = | see also = }}

==References== {{commons category|Aermacchi MB-308}} === Notes === {{reflist}} === Bibliography === *{{cite book|last=Bridgman|first=Leonard|title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1955–56|year=1955|publisher=McGraw-Hill Book Company|location=New York}} * {{cite journal |title=The Macchi MB 308 |journal=Flight |date=17 July 1947 |pages=64 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1947/1947%20-%201176.html |access-date=2008-04-03}} * {{cite book |last= Simpson |first= R. W. |title=Airlife's General Aviation |year=1995 |publisher=Airlife Publishing |location=Shrewsbury |isbn= 1-85310-577-5 }} * {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=419 |isbn= 0-7106-0710-5 }} * {{cite book |title=World Aircraft Information Files |publisher=Bright Star Publishing|location=London |pages=File 901 Sheet 03 |isbn=1-156-94382-5 }}

M.B.308 Category:1940s Italian civil utility aircraft Category:High-wing aircraft Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft Category:Aircraft first flown in 1947 Category:Aircraft with fixed tricycle landing gear Category:Single-engined piston aircraft