Partenavia Costruzioni Aeronautiche formed 1949 at Naples to build light aircraft to designs by Luigi Pascale: P.48B Astore, P.52 Tigrotto, P.53 Aeroscooter (option of adding 'safety rotor'), P.55 Tornado, P.57 Fachiro (4-seater, 7 November 1958, first built in numbers), P.59 Jolly, P.64 Oscar (metal P.57, 2 April 1965, several versions including P.66 Charlie), P.68 Victor (6/7-seat light twin, 25 May 1970, over 400 of many versions) and P.70 Alpha (24 April 1972). In July 1981 control of Partenavia passed to Alenia, and in 1992 to Piaggio, which assembles all company’s aircraft.