The A2 was designed in the early 1960s at the
Polytechnic University of Milan by Carlo Ferrarin, his cousin Francis Ferrarin and Livio Sonzio. Their aim was to build a low cost, light weight but high performance glider. The A2 is a single-seat
cantilever mid-wing monoplane, its high-
aspect-ratio wing built around an all-metal torsion box and
spar. It is skinned with light alloy and has significant
dihedral. In plan the wing has a constant
chord central section occupying about half the span, with separable straight tapered outer panels. The centre section
trailing edges carries
air brakes. Its
fuselage is similar to that of the
Aviamilano CPV1, with a wooden structure and
ovoid cross-section. As before, the rear part is
plywood skinned, but the forward part is covered with
glass fibre. A long, single, semi-reclining seat
cockpit with a single piece
canopy following the fuselage contours is placed ahead of the leading edge. Under it, a rubber-sprung landing skid reaches aft to a retractable single wheel under the forward wing. The fuselage tapers rearwards to a
T-tail quite different from the CPV1's conventional
empennage, with a swept, straight tapered
fin and
rudder carrying a cantilever, tapered, one-piece
all-moving horizontal tail fitted with a central
anti-balance tab. The A2 first flew in 1964 and a short production run began in 1966. In all, five were built, one of which remained on the Italian civil register in 2010. An Open-class version of the A2 was produced with wings as the
Aviamilano A3. ==Variants==