Squadron-Signal In Action n 1071 - Savoia Marchetti S.79
The Societa Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI), located north of Milan at Sesto Calende, was one of the most successful Italian aircraft manufacturers between World War One and World War Two. The seaplane designs of chief designer Alessandro Marchetti, carrying the proud brand name 'Savoia-Marchettl', had established a reputation for performance and quality construction, and had amassed triumph after triumph in trail-blazing flights across the continents during the years between the wars. One of SIAI most famous aircraft had been the S.55, a twin engined push-pull, twin hulled f lylng-boat. With Colonel De Pinedo at the controls, the S.55 carried out the first flight across the Atlantic ocean and back In 1927; and the first mass formation flight from Europe to Brazil, In 1931, led by Air Minister Italo Balbo.
In 1933 Balbo with a wing of twenty-four of these seaplanes in Its final version, the S.55X, carried out an epoch-making flight from Italy to Chicago and back. This flight, in honor of the Chicago's World Fair, was the high water mark of Italy's policy of gaining national prestige through feats of aviation pursued by Benito Mussolini's fascist dictatorship. Traditionally a manufacturer of seaplanes, SIAI began producing landplanes with the introduction of the S.71, a three engined, high wing, ten passenger transport In 1930. Similar In appearance to the S71, the S.72 first appeared as a commercial transport and In 1935 SIAI delivered six S.72 Bombers to the Central (Nanking) Government Air Force of China. Also in 1934 the S.73, a low wing transport, that used the same thick, one-piece cantilever wing of the S.55, made its appearance.
Savoia Marchetti S.79 in Action (Aircraft 71)
Автор: Roberto Gentilli
Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc.
Год издания: 1986
Страниц: 51 Pages
ISBN: 0897471733
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 17,2 MB
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