Italy
SF.260W (SIAI-MARCHETTI)
Gary's Combat Aircraft Reference Guide

FM 44-80:  SF.260W

GENERAL DATA

Country of Origin: Italy.
Similar Aircraft: O-1 Bird Dog, PC-7.
Crew: One; trainer - either two or three.
Role: Trainer, light-attack.
Armament: Machine guns, bombs, rockets.
Dimensions: Length: 23 ft, 3 in (7 m). Span: 27 ft, 5 in (8.36 m).

DESCRIPTION

Wings: Low-mounted and forward-tapered with fuel tanks mounted on the square tips.

Engine(s): One piston engine mounted in the nose section.

Fuselage: Oval, tapers to the rear. Long, bubble canopy.

Tail: Flats mid-mounted on the fuselage and back-tapered with blunt tips. Fin is swept-back and tapered with a square tip.

USER COUNTRIES

Brunai, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Libya, Nicaragua, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Zambia.