FFA P-16
- Date
- 1955 · confidence high
- Place
- Altenrhein, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Credited to
- Hans-Luzius Studer
- Field
- Movement
What it is
A Swiss ground-attack jet fighter prototype designed and built by Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein (FFA); Switzerland's second attempt at a domestically developed jet fighter after the EFW N-20, with its maiden flight on 25 April 1955.
What it led to
- Advance for the postwar Swiss military aircraft industry
- A base of experience for Swiss Air Force re-equipment decisions
- The program was ultimately dropped in favour of foreign aircraft