The P.149 is an all-metal, low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear with room for four or five occupants.

[2] Only a few were sold, until the German Air Force selected the aircraft for a training and utility role.

Swissair's Flying School based at Bern (Belp) airfield used a small fleet of the type to provide primary instruction to trainee pilots.

[3] Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59[11]General characteristics Performance

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