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Italy’s little egg-shaped helicopters came from a joint venture in the Marche hills, where a state-owned arms group and the heirs of a pre-war fighter-trainer firm assembled Hughes designs under licence.
Breda Nardi: the company and the aircraft that made its name
Hughes in the hills
For many Italian military helicopter pilots, the first rotorcraft they flew was a small, bubble-nosed machine known in service as the NH-500. It looked like the American Hughes 500 because it was one, assembled not in California but at Monteprandone, in the hills of Ascoli Piceno. The company behind it, Breda Nardi Costruzioni Aeronautiche, was established on 15 February 1971 as a 50:50 venture between Breda, part of the state-owned EFIM group, and Nardi S.A. per Costruzioni Aeronautiche, with the southern-development agency Insud also party to the agreement.
From fighter trainers to helicopters
The Nardi name carried history. Before the war the brothers Nardi had designed the FN.305, a nimble monoplane fighter trainer first flown in 1935, but their Milan works was so small that series production went to Piaggio and others. By 1970 Nardi had a licence agreement with Hughes for the two-seat Model 300C; the first Italian-built machines followed the next year, and assembly of the turbine Model 500 began in 1972. Continuous helicopter assembly at Monteprandone settled in from 1976, and the range grew to the NH-300C, NH-500C, NH-500D and a TOW-armed military NH-500M-D.
Fifty for the air force
The Guardia di Finanza became the first Italian operator, followed by the Forestry Corps and the air force. In 1988 the Aeronautica Militare ordered fifty NH-500E for basic and advanced helicopter training; renamed TH-500 under the 2002 designation system, they taught a generation of military helicopter pilots. One NH-500MC built in 1977 and delivered to the Guardia di Finanza in April 1978 flew more than 3,000 hours before retirement in 2009 and now stands at the Volandia museum. Breda Nardi itself was eventually absorbed by Agusta, folding Italian light-helicopter production into the national champion.
Breda Nardi in numbers
公司
- 简而言之
- 成立于1971年
- Established 15 February 1971 by Breda (EFIM group) and Nardi, 50 per cent each
- Works at Monteprandone, Ascoli Piceno
- Later absorbed by Agusta
生产
- 最出名的是
- NH-500
- Licence-built Hughes 300C and 500 helicopters
- Variants NH-300C, NH-500C, NH-500D, NH-500M-D, NH-500E
今天
- 现在
- Absorbed by Agusta
- NH-500E/TH-500 trainers flown by the Italian Air Force from 1988
这些数字
- Ownership at founding
- Breda 50%, Nardi 50%1971
- Italian Air Force trainer order
- 50 NH-500E1988
Every notable Breda Nardi aircraft
| 飞机 | 角色 | 首航 | 建造 | 地位 | 笔记 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breda Nardi NH-300C | Light training helicopter | 已退休 | Licence-built Hughes 300C | ||
| Breda Nardi NH-500C/D | 轻型多用途直升机 | 已退休 | Licence-built Hughes 500; first Italian user the Guardia di Finanza | ||
| Breda Nardi NH-500M-D | Armed multirole helicopter | 已退休 | Military variant able to carry TOW anti-tank missiles | ||
| Breda Nardi NH-500E (TH-500) | 训练直升机 | 在服役 | Fifty ordered by the Aeronautica Militare in 1988 |
Breda Nardi aircraft in the world’s air forces
4 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew Breda Nardi types. 其中3人目前仍有一辆在役。.
Where Breda Nardi built, who led it, what it achieved
工厂
- Monteprandone works · Monteprandone, Ascoli Piceno, Marche — Helicopter assembly continuously from 1976
Breda Nardi, year by year
Nardi FN.305 trainer, the Nardi brothers’ first design, flies
Nardi signs Hughes licence for the Model 300C
Breda Nardi Costruzioni Aeronautiche established
Assembly of the NH-500 begins
Continuous helicopter assembly at Monteprandone
NH-500MC delivered to the Guardia di Finanza (Volandia example)
NH-500E introduced
Italian Air Force orders fifty NH-500E trainers
Air force NH-500Es redesignated TH-500
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