Stelio Frati
# Stelio Frati

Stelio Frati (born in Milan Italy in 1919, died 14 May 2010) 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. One of his best known designs is the Falco F8L.

## Designs

* F.M.1 Passero (1947) - One built by Ditta Movo
* F.4 Rondone - One built by CVV, production batch of nine built by Aeronautica Lombardi and Ambrosini.
* F.5 - 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 - 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
* F.1300 Jet Squalus (1987) - Built by Promavaia
* F.2500
* F.3000 (Not Built)
* F.3500 Sparviero
