AERFER Sagittario I - Fictional users

We've been feeling creative, so we decided to draw some fictional profiles for the Sagittario I. Enjoy!

• Regia Aeronautica: Considering that the Sagittario I is based on an airplane designed back in 1939, we thought that it would be interesting to see it in Italian World War 2 colours.
• Spain: If Spain needed some jet interceptors, this would've been a good afordable choice back in the early 1950s.

AERFER Sagittario I

Now is the turn for an Italian jet fighter of the 1950s.

The AERFER Sagittario I (AKA Ambrosini Sagittario) was an Italian aerodynamical test airplane based on the Ambrosini S.7 Freccia (Arrow).

New wooden swept wings were added to the fuselage. The swept was of 45º. It was powered by a Turbomeca Marboré engine of 3.7Kn thrust. The inlet was at the nose of the fuselage and the exhaust was at the bottom, under the cockpit. As the original landing gear of the S.7 was retained, a special shielding was added to the rear wheel in order to protect it from the exhaust fumes.

It flew for the first time on 5th January 1953. It was the base for the much refined Sagittario II

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