{{Short description|Italian light aircraft designer}} '''Stelio Frati''' (born in Milan Italy in 1919,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ultimateitaly.com/hi-tech/stelio-frati-genius.html|title= The making of a genius|website= ultimateitaly.com|access-date=June 28, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101231223657/http://www.ultimateitaly.com/hi-tech/stelio-frati-genius.html|archive-date=2010-12-31|url-status=unfit}}</ref> died 14 May 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seqair.com/Frati/FratiDies/Frati.html|title=Stelio Frati|publisher=seqair.com.|date= July 22, 2010|accessdate=July 22, 2010}}</ref>) was an Italian mechanical engineer and aeroplane designer. He graduated from the Politecnico di Milano as a mechanical engineer in 1943, participating in the design of the Aeronautica Lombarda AR (Assalto Radioguidato - RC attack) radio-controlled wooden cantilever monoplane, powered by a single radial engine - a flying bomb/drone, flown for the first time the same year. After teaching aircraft design he became a freelance aircraft designer, being responsible for many well known aircraft designs.<ref name="pilotfriend">"[http://www.pilotfriend.com/aircraft%20performance/frati/frati.htm General Avia and Stelio Frati aircraft history, performance and specifications]". ''pilotfriend.com''. Retrieved 23 February 2010.</ref> One of his best known designs is the Falco F8L.
==Designs== * F.M.1 Passero motor-glider<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seqair.com/Frati/Designs/FM1Passero/FM1.html |title=F.M.1 Passero |publisher=Seqair.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-26}}</ref> (1947) - One built by Ditta Movo * F.4 Rondone (1951) - One built by CVV, production batch of nine built by Aeronautica Lombardi and Ambrosini. * F.5 (1952) - One built by Caproni * F.6 Airone (1954) - One built by Pasotti * F.7 Rondone (1954) - Built by Pasotti * F.8 Falco (1955) - Built by Aviamilano, Aeromere, Laverda and an amateur build variant by Sequoia of Virginia * F.9 Sparviero (1956) - One built by Pasotti * F.14 Nibbio (1958) - Built by Aviamilano * F.15 Picchio (1959) - Built by Procaer and General Avia * F.20 Pegaso (1971) - Built by General Avia * F.20TP Condor (1983) - One built by General Avia * F.22 Pinguino (1989) - One built by General Avia * F.30 Golden Avio (2012) - Four built by Golden Avio * F.250 (1964) - Built by Aviamilano * F.260 (1964) - Built by Aviamilano, licence built by SIAI-Marchetti as the SF.260 * F.400 Cobra (1960) - One built by Procaer * F.480 (Not completed) * SF.600 Canguro (1978) One built by General Avia - licence built production by SIAI-Marchetti * F.1000<ref name="seqair1">{{cite web|url=http://www.seqair.com/Frati/Designs/Jettina/Jettina.html |title=Frati's New Airplanes |publisher=Seqair.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-26}}</ref> * F.1300 Jet Squalus (1987) - Built by Promavaia * F.2500<ref name="seqair1"/> * F.3000<ref name="seqair1"/> (Not built) * F.3500 Sparviero
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==External links== *[http://www.f30fly.com/web/ F30 Golden Car]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frati, Stelio}} Category:1919 births Category:2010 deaths Category:Polytechnic University of Milan alumni Category:Engineers from Milan Category:Italian aerospace engineers Category:Caproni people Category:Compasso d'Oro Award recipients