------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version of 31 March 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --0--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --A--------------------------------------------------------------------------- A.1 Ballilla, Ansaldo The Ballila was a smaller development of the S.V.A. series. It went back to the original concept of a fast fighter. But with the same engine the A.1 was both slower and less maneuvrable than the S.V.A. Most of the 108 built were sold to Poland and used in the war of 1920 against the USSR. Type: A.1 Function: fighter Year: 1917 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 160kW S.P.A. 6A Speed: 220km/h Ceiling: 5000m Range: 1h 30m Armament: 2*mg A 3, Breda Four-engined biplane bomber. A 4, Breda Biplane trainer, a very popular aircraft. Type: A 4 Function: trainer Year: 1924 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 130hp Colombo 110D Speed: 140km/h Ceiling: Range: A 7, Breda Two-seat parasol-wing reconaissance aircraft. A 8, Breda Twin-engined biplane bomber. A 9, Breda Acrobatic trainer. 36 built. A 106, Agusta The A 106 was a small single-seat ASW helicopter. Few built. Type: A 106 Function: attack Year: 1966 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 240kW Turbomeca-Agusta Speed: 177km/h Ceiling: Range: 740km Armament: 2000kg A 109, Agusta Multi-purpose helicopter. The first A 109 flew in 1971. Production still continues. Type: A 109 Mk.I Function: utiity Year: 1976 Crew: 1-2 Engines: 2 * 258kW Allison 250-C20B Speed: 278km/h Ceiling: 4970m Range: 615km Load: 7 seats Armament: A 115, Ansaldo Reconaissance aircraft. A 119, Agusta Planned 11-seat development of the A 109. Not built. A 120 Ady, Ansaldo Reconaissance aircraft. The A 120 was built after Ansaldo had been bought by Fiat. Type: A 120 Function: reconaissance Year: 1927 Crew: Engines: 1 * 700hp Fiat A.24 Speed: 225km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: A 129 Mangusta, Agusta Anti-tank helicopter, a relatively small aircraft with a hump-backed appearance due to the strongly staggered tandem cockpits. Type: A 129 Function: attack Year: 1990 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 615kW R.R. Gem 2 Mk 1004D Speed: 315km/h Ceiling: Range: 670km Armament: 1200kg A 300, Ansaldo This was a mulit-role biplane, used as bomber, reconaissance aircraft, transport and even fighter. The design dated back to WWI, but the A 300 was kept in production until 1928 and some were still in service in 1940. Large numbers were built for the expanding air force of the fascist government. Type: A 300/4 Function: utility Year: 1922 Crew: Engines: 1 * 300hp Fiat A.12bis Speed: 198km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 3*mg7.7mm AB 204, Agusta-Bell License-built version of the U.S. Bell 204 helicopter. AB 205, Agusta-Bell License-built version of the U.S. Bell 205 helicopter. AB 206, Agusta-Bell License-built version of the U.S. Bell 206 helicopter. AB 212, Agusta-Bell License-built version of the U.S. Bell 212 helicopter. AB 412, Agusta-Bell License-built version of the U.S. Bell 412 helicopter. AC 3, Ansaldo Parasol monoplane, a license-built French Dewoitine D.9 ground-attack aircraft. One set a 11861m altitude record in 1936. Type: AC 3 Function: attack Year: 1925 Crew: Engines: 1 * 450hp Gnome-Rhone Jupiter Speed: 235km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 4*mg Aeriete, Aerfer Development of the Sagittario. One built. AM-3, Aerfer-Aermacchi High-wing cabin monoplane for the battlefield surveillance and FAC role. Used by the South African Airforce under the name of 'Bosbok'. Type: AM-3C Function: utility Year: 1970 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 250kW Piaggio LGSO 480 B1B6 Speed: 278km/h Ceiling: 8400m Range: 990km Load: 3 seats Ambrosini 404 Four-engined long-range bomber design. The engines of the 404 were to be housed in the fuselage, driving tandem propellors in circular ducts flanking the fuselage. AMX, Aeritalia-Embraer-Aermacchi This is an Italian/Brazilian cooperation to build a light attack aircraft. The AMX is a jet aircraft with a swept shoulder-mounted wing, of conventional design, and optimzed for survivability. Type: AMX Function: attack Year: 1988 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 5000kg R.R. RB168 Spey 807 Speed: M0.86 Ceiling: 13000m Range: 3150km Armament: 1*g20mm 3800kg AP 1, Caproni Attack monoplane. A.R.F., Fiat Long-distance version of the B.R.. Ariete, Aerfer Development of the Sagittario. AS-14, Fiat Attack aircraft, a development of the RS-14. One built. Armament was to be impressive: one 45mm cannon, seven 12.7mm guns and two 7.7mm guns. Atlantic, Dassault-Breguet ASW aircraft. 16 in Italian service. Avanti, Piaggio P.180 Twin-pusher, canarded exceutive aircraft. The AMI ordered a few to be used as VIP transport and liaison aicraft. --B-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ba.15, Breda High-wing cabin monoplane, 1928. Used as trainer and liaison aircraft. Max speed 180km/h. Ba.16, Breda High-wing reconaissance aircraft. Ba.19, Breda Single-seat advanced training biplane. Around 40 built. Type: Ba.19 Function: trainer Year: 1930 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 220hp Alfa Romeo Lynx Speed: 210km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ba.25, Breda Basic trainer, built in large numbers for the Italian military and export. Type: Ba.25 Function: trainer Year: 1932 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * Walter Castor Speed: 220km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ba.26, Breda Development of the Ba.25. Prototype only. Ba.27, Breda Low-wing fighter monoplane, with open cockpit and fixed landing gear. Rejected by the Italian air force, but a few built for China. Type: Ba.27 Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * Alfa Romeo Mercury VI Speed: 380km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg7.7mm Ba.28, Breda Development of the Ba.25. Type: Function: Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 370hp Piaggio Stella VII Z Speed: 240km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ba.44, Breda Biplane transport inspired by the de Havilland Dragon Rapide. Pressed into military service in 1940. Seven built. Ba.46, Breda Three-engined bomber monoplane. Ba.64, Breda Lown-wing attack monoplane. The Ba.64 was built in single-seat and two-seat versions, but its performance was insufficient, and it was very vulnerable to enemy fighters. Type: Ba.64 Function: attack Year: 1934 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 610hp Piaggio Stella IX Speed: 360km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ba.65, Breda Ground attack aircraft, development of the Ba 64. The Ba 65 was an ugly low-wing monoplane, intended as multi-role aircraft, but only suitable as attack aircraft. It fought in the Spanish civil war and WWII. In the latter war the Ba 65 was very vulnerable to fighters. Built in single-seat and two-seat versions. 219 built. Type: Ba.65 Function: attack Year: 1935 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1000hp Fiat A.80 RC 41 Wing Span: 12.10m Length: 9.30m Height: 3.20m Wing Area: 23.50m2 Empty Weight: 2400kg Max.Weight: 2950kg Speed: 430km/h Ceiling: 6300m Range: 550km Armament: 1000kg 2*mg12.7mm 2*mg7.7mm Ba.75, Breda Attack and reconaissance monoplane with fixed landing gear. Prototypes only. 200hp Alfa Romeao 115 engine. 1935. Ba.82, Breda Twin-engined bomber, 1937. No production. Ba.88 Lince, Breda Twin-engined heavy fighter and ground attack aircraft. The refined high-speed version of the Ba.88 prototype set some records, but the production Ba.88 was a disappointing aircraft. The 148 built were briefly used in North Africa before they were retired. Type: Ba.88 Function: fighter-bomber Year: 1938 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 1000hp Piaggio P.XI RC 40 Wing Span: 15.60m Length: 10.79m Height: 3.10m Wing Area: 33.34m2 Empty Weight: 4650kg Max.Weight: 6750kg Speed: 490km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: 1640km Armament: 3*mg12.7mm 1*mg7.7mm 1000kg Ba.201, Breda Single-seat dive bomber. The Ba.201 was a clean low-wing monoplane with an inverted gull wing. The Ba.201 was highly praised by test pilots, except for a dissappointing maximum speed. But all available Daimler-Benz DB 601 engines were to be used for fighters, and the Ba.201 was abandoned. Two built. Type: Ba.201 Function: bomber Year: 1941 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1175hp Daimler-Benz DB 601A Wing Span: 13.00m Length: 11.09m Height: 3.10m Wing Area: 24.84m2 Empty Weight: 2380kg Max. Weight: 3650kg Speed: 460km/h Ceiling: Range: 1200km Armament: 500kg 2*mg12.7mm Ba.202, Breda Attack aircraft. Never built. B.G.A, CMASA Twin-engined bomber monoplane. No production. Boeing 707 Four in service, converted to aerial tankers. B.R., Fiat First bomber designed by Rosatelli for Fiat, a large biplane. Limited production. Type: B.R. Function: bomber Year: 1919 Crew: Engines: 1 * A.14 Speed: 200km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: B.R.1, Fiat Development of the B.R.. 150 were built for the Regia Aeronautica. The B.R.1 had some stability problems. Type: B.R.1 Function: bomber Year: 1924 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 700hp Fiat A-14 Speed: 240km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: B.R.2, Fiat Light bomber, development of the B.R.1 Type: B.R.2 Function: bomber Year: 1925 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 1090hp Fiat 25 Wing Span: 17.30m Length: 10.66m Height: 3.91m Wing Area: 70.22m2 Empty Weight: 1646kg Max.Weight: 4195kg Speed: 240km/h Ceiling: 6250m Range: 1000km Armament: 2*mg7.7mm 720kg B.R.3, Fiat Improved B.R.2. About 100 built. B.R.4, Fiat Light bomber, improved B.R.3. One built. B.R.20 Cicogna, Fiat The B.R.20 was a very advanced airdraft when it appeared in 1936; it was a low-wing monoplane with twin tail fins. The B.R.20 was used in the Spanish civil war, and 85 were sold to Japan. In WWII service the old aircraft did not so well, and those that joined German operations in the Battle of Britain and against the USSR suffered heavy losses. Type: B.R.20 Function: bomber Year: 1936 Crew: 5 Engines: 2 * 746kW Fiat A.80 RC41 Wing Span: Length: Height: Wing Area: Empty Weight: 6400kg Max.Weight: 9900kg Speed: 432km/h Ceiling: 9000m Range: 3000km Armament: 1*mg12.7mm 2*mg7.7mm 1600kg B.R. G, Fiat Experimental parasol-winged bomber. B.Z.308, Breda The B.Z.308 was an excellent design for a civil airliner, but as a consequence of the war it did not fly before 1948. It was too late to put the 308 in production. Breda ceased to exist, and the single aircraft built was sold to the air force. Type: B.Z.308 Function: transport Year: 1948 Crew: 3-4 Engines: 4 * 2500hp Bristol Centaurus 568 Speed: 441km/h Ceiling: 7350m Range: 7700km Load: 80 seats --C-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ca.3, Caproni This was a bomber biplane with three engines: two tractor engines in the front of the twin tail, booms, and one pusher engine in the back of the central nacelle. The Ca.3's were very effective in their attacks on Austria; it was license-built in France. Type: Ca.3 Function: bomber Year: 1915 Crew: 4 Engines: 3 * 110kW Isotta-Fraschini V-4B Speed: 137km/h Ceiling: 4800m Range: 3h 30m Armament: 2*mg7.7mm 200kg Ca.4, Caproni The Ca.4 used the engine layout -- two tractors and one pusher -- of the Ca.3, but it was a triplane, had much better streamlining, and carried its bombs on a rack on the lower wing. (The nacelle was on the upper wing). But the low climbing speed and bulk of the aircraft made it unpopular. 53 built. Type: Ca.4 Function: bomber Year: 1917 Crew: 4 Engines: 3 * 190kW Isotta-Fraschini Speed: 126km/h Ceiling: 3000m Range: 7h Armament: 4*mg 1450kg Ca.5, Caproni This was a development of the Ca.3 with increased wing surface and a new central nacelle, elliptical in cross-section. The Ca.5 was selected to be built in the USA and France, and 3650 were ordered in Italy. The performance of the Ca.5 was not that much better than that of the Ca.3 and the engines were unreliable; large orders were cancelled when WWI ended, but production continued until 1921. Over 640 built. Type: Ca.5 Function: bomber Year: 1917 Crew: 3 Engines: 3 * Fiat A.12 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ca.18, Caproni This was a two-seat shoulder-wing monoplane. When Italy entered the war in 1914 it had a complete squadron of Caproni's. The name Ca.18 was applied retrospectively in the late 20's; until then there was no clear designation system. Type: Caproni Function: reconaissance Year: 1913 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 80hp Gnome Speed: 130km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ca.24, Caproni Development of the Ca.18 with a 35hp engine. Ca.25, Caproni Development of the Ca.18. Ca.36, Caproni This was a refined version of the Ca.3. From 1923 onw&ards 153 were built for the rearmament program of the Mussolini government. The last was retired in 1927. Also known as the Ca.3mod. The Ca.36S was an ambulance version with an enlarged central nacelle. Ca.41, Caproni This was a version of the Ca.4 for the British RNAS, with four Liberty engines. Six built. Ca.43, Caproni Triplane seaplane. Ca.47, Caproni Seaplane version of the Ca.5. Ca.51, Caproni Development of the Ca.4. No production. Ca.53, Caproni Single-engined two-seat triplane, intended as fighter, reconaissance aircraft and light bomber. 1917. No production. Ca.61, Caproni Development of the Ca.3/Ca.5 line. Type: Ca.61 Function: bomber Year: Crew: Engines: 3 * 230hp Speed: 180km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ca.64, Caproni All-metal single-seat low-wing monoplane, flown in 1924 -- Caproni's idea for a new fighter. Maybe too advanced in concept; no production. Ca.66, Caproni Biplane bomber with four engines in a push/pull tandem installation. No prodduction. Type: Ca.66 Function: bomber Year: 1923 Crew: Engines: 4 * 200hp SPA Speed: 180km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 3*mg Ca.67, Caproni Development of the Ca.66 with a shorter upper wing and two 400hp Lorraine engines. No production. Ca.70, Caproni Small two-seat sesquiplane, intended as nightfighter. The engine was attached to the leading edge of the upper wing. No production. Type: Ca.70 Function: nightfighter Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 380hp Jupiter Speed: 205km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ca.73, Caproni Sesquiplane night bomber -- in contrast with most sesquiplanes the upper wing was the shortest one, and both wings were above the fuselage. In service from 1926 to 1934. Type: Ca.73 Function: bomber Year: 1926 Crew: Engines: 2 * 410hp Lorraine Speed: 195km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 3*mg7.7mm Ca.74, Caproni Single-seat fighter. A 400hp Jupiter engine was installed on the leading edge of the upper wing. No production. Ca.79, Caproni Development of the Ca.73 with a longer wing span and four engines. No production. Type: Ca.79 Function: bomber Year: Crew: Engines: 4 * 500hp Isotta-Fraschini Speed: 220km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ca.80, Caproni A development of the Ca.73 with 400hp Jupiter engines. The Italian air force simply called all developments also Ca.73. Ca.82, Caproni Also known as Ca.73ter, a development of the Ca.73 with 510hp Isotta-Fraschini engines. Ca.88, Caproni A development of the Ca.73. The Italian air force simply called all developments also Ca.73. Ca.89, Caproni A development of the Ca.73. The Italian air force simply called all developments also Ca.73. The Ca.89 was known as the Ca.73 quater G. Ca.90, Caproni This big bomber was a enlarged Ca.73. It set a few records, especially load-carrying records, but never entered service. Type: Ca.90 Function: bomber Year: 1929 Crew: 8 Engines: 6 * 740kW Isotta-Fraschini Asso Speed: 204km/h Ceiling: 4500m Range: 1290km Armament: 7*mg 8000kg Ca.91, Caproni Flying boat derivative of the Ca.90. A sesquiplane with a shorter upper wing, a sleek fuselage, both sponsons and wingtip floats, and three tandem engine nacelles between the wings. One of the gunners sat in the extreme nose, the other one on top of the wing. The pilots had separate cockpits. Type: Ca.91 Function: reconaissance Year: Crew: 4 Engines: 6 * 1000hp Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ca.95, Caproni High-wing bomber. Type: Ca.95 Function: bomber Year: Crew: Engines: 3 * 1000hp Isotta-Fraschini Asso Speed: 250km/h Ceiling: Range: 3000km Armament: Ca.97, Caproni The Ca.97 was the first of a new generation of Caproni aircraft, high-wing designs built of steel tube and cloth. The first Ca.97 was a civil transport, but most built were 'colonial' aircraft. Some were also sold to the clandestine Hungarian airforce. Type: Ca.97 Co (?) Function: reconaissace Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 450hp Bristol Jupiter Speed: 218km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ca.100, Caproni A sesquiplane trainer with a shorter upper wing, broadly based on the de Havilland DH.60 Moth. About 700 built. Type: Ca.100 Function: trainer / liaison Year: 1929 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 63kW de Havilland Gipsy Wing Span: 10.0m Length: 7.30m Height: 2.75m Wing Area: 24.40m2 Empty Weight: 400kg Max.Weight: 680kg Speed: 165km/h Ceiling: 4000m Range: 700km Armament: Ca.101, Caproni This light bomber for 'colonial' warfare was used in the invasion of Ethiopia. It was a larger development of the Ca.97. Type: Ca.101 Function: bomber Year: Crew: 3 Engines: 3 * 175kW Alfa Romeo D.2 Wing Span: Length: Height: Wing Area: Empty Weight: Max.Weight: Speed: 165km/h Ceiling: 6100m Range: 2000km Armament: 2-3*mg7.7mm 500kg Ca.102, Caproni Development of the Ca.101. The Ca.102bis had two 650hp Isotta-Fraschini engines; 34 were delivered to the Regia Aeronautica. Ca.103, Caproni Development of the Ca.73 with some aerodynamic refinements. No production. Ca.111, Caproni Single-engined development of the Ca.101, used mainly as utility transport. Some had float landing gear. 149 built. Type: Ca.111 RC Function: reconaissance Year: 1935 Crew: 2-4 Engines: 1 * 700kW Isotta Fraschini Asso 750 RC 35 Wing Span: 19.65m Length: 15.30m Height: Wing Area: 61.5m2 Empty Weight: 3490kg Max.Weight: 5490kg Speed: 298km/h Ceiling: 6700m Range: 2000km Armament: 4*mg 600kg Ca.112, Caproni Development of the Ca.111. Ca.113, Caproni The Ca.113 biplane was a famous acrobatic aircraft. Modified Ca.113's set altitude records of 14433m and later 15650m. Type: Ca.113 Function: trainer / utility Year: 1931 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 235kW Piaggio P.VII C35 Stella Speed: 250km/h Ceiling: 7300m Range: 300km Armament: Ca.114, Caproni Fighter development of the Ca.113. Only built for export to Peru. Type: Ca.114 Function: fighter Year: Crew: 1-2 Engines: 1 * 375kW Bristol Mercury Speed: 355km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg7.7mm 96kg Ca.120, Caproni Experimental bomber with three 750hp Isotta Fraschini engines. Ca.122, Caproni Low-wing monoplane bomber and transport with fiexed landing gear. Twin-engined. Ca.124, Caproni Low-wing floatplane bomber, one Isotta Fraschini 12R engine. Ca.127, Caproni Reconaissance aircraft. 750hp Isotta Fraschini engine. Ca.131, Caproni Precursor of the Ca.131. Ca.132, Caproni Three-engined low-wing bomber and transport. 1934. Ca.133, Caproni This was an high-wing STOL monoplane with fixed landing gear, a typical 'colonial' multi-role design. The reliable and versatile Ca.133 was useful as a transport during WWII. It was obsolete in the bomber role, and was easy meat for allied fighters. 525 built. Type: Ca.133 Function: bomber / transport Year: 1935 Crew: 3 Engines: 3 * 340kW Piaggio Stella P.VII C16 Wing Span: 21.5m Length: 15.35m Height: 4.00m Wing Area: 65m2 Empty Weight: 4000kg Max.Weight: 6565kg Speed: 280km/h Ceiling: 5500m Range: 1350km Armament: 4*mg7.7mm 2*b500kg Ca.135, Caproni Only 14 of this twin-engined bomber were used by the Italian airforces, but it was exported to Peru and Hungary. The Ca.135 was a mid-wing aircraft of mixed construction. About 100 Hugnarian Ca.135s fought on the Eastern Front. About 150 built. Type: Ca.135 P.XI Function: bomber Year: 1935 Crew: 5 Engines: 2 * 740kW Piaggio P.XIbis RC40 Wing Span: 18.80m Length: 14.40m Height: 3.40m Wing Area: 60m2 Empty Weight: 605kg Max.Weight: 9550kg Speed: 440km/h Ceiling: 6500m Range: 2000km Armament: 3*mg12.7mm 1600kg Ca.142, Caproni Development of the Ca.133, with retractable landing gear. One built. Ca.148, Caproni Transport development of the Ca.133, with improvements for operation from primitive airfields. Six built. Ca.161, Caproni This biplane set an altitude record of 17083m. Type: Ca.161bis Function: experimental Year: 1936 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 515kW Speed: Ceiling: 13500m Range: Armament: Ca.163, Caproni Prototype of the Ca.164. One built. Ca.164, Caproni Two-seat trainer sesquiplane with shorter upper wing. About 380 built, of which 100 for France. Type: Ca.164 Function: trainer/liaison Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 135kW Alfa Romeo 115-I Speed: 217km/h Ceiling: 4250m Range: 530km Armament: Ca.165, Caproni Biplane fighter. No production. Type: Ca.165 Function: fighter Year: 1939 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 900hp Isotta-Fraschini L121 RC40 Speed: 466km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ca.204, Caproni Design for a long-range bomber. Four-engined. Ca.211, Caproni Design for a long-range bomber. Three-engined. Ca.309 Ghibli, Caproni Small twin-engined reconaissance bomber. The Ca.309 was a low-wing monoplane of mixed construction and with fixed landing gear. 243 built. Type: Ca.309 Function: reconaissance bomber Year: 1936 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 195hp Alfa Romeo 115 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: 3*mg 300kg Ca.310 Libeccio, Caproni More powerful development of the Ca.309, with retractable landing gear. The Ca.310 was not considered an effective combat aircraft, and most had second-line tasks. A number were exported. Type: Ca.310 Function: reconaissance bomber Year: 1937 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 470hp Piaggio P.VII C.16 Wing Span: Length: Height: Wing Area: Empty Weight: Max.Weight: Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: 3*mg7.7mm 400kg Ca.311, Caproni Development of the Ca.310 as reconaissance aircraft, replacing the Ro.37. Type: Ca.311 Function: reconaissance bomber Year: 1939 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 470hp Piaggio P.VII RC 35 Speed: 365km/h Ceiling: 7400m Range: 1600km Armament: 3*mg7.7mm 400kg Ca.312, Caproni Development of the Ca.310 with 700hp Piaggio P.XVI RC35 engines. Few built. Ca.313, Caproni Development of the Ca.310/Ca.311 with more powerful engines. The Ca.313 was built with a 'stepped nose' and with a fully glazed nose. Some were sold to Sweden; it was also used by the Luftwaffe. 215 built. Type: Ca.313 Function: reconaissance bomber Year: 1940 Crew: 3 Engines: 1 * 700hp Isotta Fraschini Delta RC 35 Speed: 463km/h Ceiling: 7300m Range: 1200km Armament: 3*mg7.7mm 400kg Ca.314, Caproni Improved Ca.313. 425 built. The German Luftwaffe ordered 1000 Ca.313's, what can be considered major praise. Type: Ca.314A Function: reconaissance bomber Year: Crew: Engines: 2 * 540kW Isotta-Fraschini Delta RC35 Wing Span: 16.65m Length: 11.80m Height: 3.70m Wing Area: 39.20m2 Empty Weight: 4560kg Max.Weight: 6620kg Speed: 395km/h Ceiling: 6400m Range: 1690km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm 1*mg7.7mm 500kg Ca.316, Caproni Catapult reconaissance seaplane version of the Ca.309 series. 14 built. Type: Ca.316 Function: reconaissance Year: Crew: Engines: 2 * 470hp Piaggio P.VII C.16 Speed: 320km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 1*mg7.7mm 1*mg12.7mm 400kg Ca.335, Caproni-SABCA This was a cooperation between the Italian Caproni and the Belgian SABCA. A single-engined, two-seat low-wing monoplane, flown in 1938. The Ca.335 was intended as dive bomber, but was never seriuously considered by the Italian AF. Ca.355, Caproni Dive-bomber design. Ca.405 Procellaria, Caproni Development of the Piaggio/Regianne P.32 bomber. The Ca.405 was intended for the Istres-Damascus-Paris air race, but was not ready in time. Caproni III Long-range reconaissance seaplane. Monoplane of mixed construction. 880hp Isotta-Fraschini engine. CANT 6 Three-engined biplane flying boat. One of the three built was used by the military. 1923. CANT 10 One CANT 10MRI, a military version of the civail CANT 10, was built. The CANT 10 was a single-engined flying boat. CANT 25 Sesquiplane flying boat fighter. Some were still in service during WWII, as trainers. Type: 25M Function: fighter Year: 1931 Crew: Engines: 1 * 420hp Fiat A 120 Speed: 242km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg Caproni 80hp monoplane See Ca.18 Caproni 260hp bomber This was a bomber design, built and flown in October 1914. It was a biplane with twin tail booms, with a pusher engine in the central nacelle and a tractor engine in each tail boom. The tail carried triple fins. One built. Type: 260hp bomber Function: bomber Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 100hp Gnome 2 * 80hp Gnome Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Caproni 300hp bomber Production development of the 260hp bomber. 153 were built, all except two with three 100hp Fiat A 10 engines, between October 1915 and October 1916. Type: 300hp bomber Function: bomber Year: 1915 Crew: 3 Engines: 3 * 100hp Fiat A 10 Speed: 121km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 1*mg7.7mm Caproni 350hp bomber. Development of the 300hp bomber with the central engine replaced by a 150hp Isotta-Fraschini. Nine built. Caproni 450hp bomber See Ca.3 C.C.20, Breda Three-engined bomber monoplane. Prototype only. CH.1, Caproni / Chiodi Fast biplane fighter with an enclosed cockpit. Development was halted after the loss of the first prototype. Type: CH.1 Function: fighter Year: 1935 Crew: 1 Engines: Speed: 390km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: C.R., Fiat First fighter designed by Rosatelli for Fiat. 1923. C.R.1, Fiat Development of the C.R.. The C.R.1 was a small 'inverted sesquiplane' with mediocre performance, but 249 were built for the air force. Type: C.R.1 Function: fighter Year: 1925 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 320hp Isotta-Fraschini Asso Wing Span: 8.95m Length: 6.16m Height: 2.40m Wing Area: 23m2 Empty Weight: 839kg Max.Weight: 1154kg Speed: 272km/h Ceiling: 7450m Range: 650km Armament: 2*mg7.7mm C.R.5, Fiat Development of the C.R.1 with a Jupiter engine. One built. C.R.10, Fiat Development of the C.R.1 with a 400hp Fiat A.20 engine. One built. C.R.20, Fiat Single-engined biplane fighter. The Warren bracing of the biplane wings was a charactistic that would be inherited by all Rosatellis subsequent designs. The C.R.20 was known for its excellent aerobatic qualities. 518 built. Type: C.R.20bis Function: fighter Year: 1927 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 306kW Fiat A.20 Wing Span: 9.80m Length: 6.71m Height: 2.79m Wing Area: 25.50m2 Empty Weight: 970kg Max.Weight: 1390kg Speed: 276km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg7.7mm C.R.25, Fiat This twin-engined escort fighter had the size of a small bomber. Development was abandoned in 1940, after 12 built had been built for the Regia Aeronautica. Type: C.R.25 Function: fighter / reconaissance Year: Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 640kW Fiat A.74 RC38 Speed: 490km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: 2100km Armament: 3*mg12.7mm 500kg C.R.30, Fiat Fighter biplane, precursor of the C.R.32. The C.R.30 equipped twelve squadrons, but was soon followed by the better C.R.32. Many were later converted to C.R.30B trainers. 176 built. Type: C.R.30 Function: fighter Year: 1932 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 447kW Fiat A.30 RA Wing Span: 10.50m Length: 7.88m Height: 2.78m Wing Area: 27.05m2 Empty Weight: 1345kg Max.Weight: 1895kg Speed: 351km/h Ceiling: 8350m Range: 850km Armament: 2*mg7.7mm C.R.32, Fiat A refinement of the C.R.30, smaller and faster. The C.R.32 was an excellent fighter, fast, robust and nimble. It was easily recognizable, with its closely cowled engine, annular radiator beneath the propellor, Warren wing bracing and cockpit well behind the wing. The C.R.32 performed very well in Spain, but this had the drawback that Italy negelected the development of modern fighters. 1309 built, including license production in Spain. In 1940 some 294 were still in front line service. Type: C.R.32 Function: fighter Year: 1933 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 440kW Fiat A.30 RA Wing Span: 9.50m Length: 7.45m Height: 2.63m Wing Area: 22.10m2 Empty Weight: 1325kg Max.Weight: 1850kg Speed: 375km/h Ceiling: 8800m Range: 680km Armament: 2*mg7.7mm C.R.33, Fiat Fighter. C.R.40, Fiat Fighter. 1934 C.R.41, Fiat Fighter. 1936. C.R.42 Falco, Fiat The C.R.42 was one of the best biplane fighters ever built, but this did not make up for the fact that it was already obsolete before its first flight in 1938. Nevertheless the C.R.42 provided the backbone of the Italian air force in 1940 and was exported to Belgium, Hungary and Sweden. Participation in the Battle of Britain was disastrous, but the production continued well into 1943. Even the German Luftwaffe used 150, as night attack aircraft! Over 1780 built. A C.R.42B with a 1100hp DB601 engine may have been the fastest biplane fighter ever flown... Type: C.R.42 Function: fighter Year: 1939 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 840hp Fiat A.74 RC38 Wing Span: 9.70m Length: 8.27m Height: 3.59m Wing Area: 22.40m2 Empty Weight: 1782kg Max.Weight: 2295kg Speed: 430km/h Ceiling: 10200m Range: 775km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm 200kg --D-------------------------------------------------------------------------- D.16, Fokker Dutch biplane fighter that appeared in 1929. Italy bought one of the 21 built. Do 228, Dornier High-wing German light turboprop transport. The Army bought some as light transports and photographical aircraft. --E-------------------------------------------------------------------------- EH 101, EH Industries Three-engined multi-role helicopter, a British/Italian project. The Italian Navy planned to buy 42. --F-------------------------------------------------------------------------- F.5B, Maurice Farman This pusher biplane was license-built by the S.I.A.. F.6, Caproni-Vizzola Experimental fighter. The F.6Z was under test in 1943. Type: F.6Z Function: fighter Year: 1943 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1500hp Isotta-Fraschini Zeta Speed: 630km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: 1370km Armament: 3*mg12.7mm F-104, Lockheed / Aeritalia Italy produced its own development of the F-104G Starfighter. A more powerful engine, AIM-7 Sparrow armament, and two additional weapons pylons make the F-104S much more capable than the basic F-104G. It is still in service. Type: F-104S Function: fighter Year: 1968 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 8119kg G.E. J79-GE-19 Speed: 2330km/h Ceiling: 17680m Range: 2920km Armament: 1*g20mm 3402kg FC.12 Tuffo, Fiat-CANSA Two-seat dive bomber, a monoplane with rectangular lines. No production. FC.20, Fiat-CANSA Twin-engined reconaissance, fighter-bomber and interceptor aircraft. Handling and performance were unsatisfactory. Twelve built. Type: FC.20bis Function: fighter-bomber Year: 1941 Crew: 2-3 Engines: 2 * 840hp Fiat A.74 RC 38 Speed: 420km/h Ceiling: 7350m Range: 1150km Armament: 3*mg 1*g37mm 570kg FN.305, Nardi A low-wing cabin monoplane. About 500 built. Type: FN.305D Function: trainer / liaison. Year: 1935 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 150kW Fiat A.70S Speed: 340km/h Ceiling: 7000m Range: 1100km Armament: FN.310, Nardi Type: FN.310 Function: transport Year: 1938 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 150kW Fiat A.70S Speed: 300km/h Ceiling: Range: 1400km Load: 3 seats --G-------------------------------------------------------------------------- G.12, Fiat The G.12 was designed as a civil airliner but used as a military transport during WWII. It was an all-metal airliner with retractable landing gear, well streamlined. The G.12 was an effective aircraft that continued in service after the war. 104 built. Type: G.12C Function: transport Year: 1941 Crew: 3-4 Engines: 3 * 570kW Fiat A.74 RC 42 Wing Span: 28.60m Length: 20.16m Height: 4.90m Wing Area: 113.5m2 Empty Weight: 8890kg Max.Weight: 12800kg Speed: 396km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: 1740km Armament: 2*mg Load: 22 seats G.18, Fiat Civil airliner, obviously inspired by the DC-2. They were used by the military after the outbreak of WWII. Nine built. Type: G.18V Function: transport Year: 1937 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 735kW Fiat A.80 RC41 Speed: 340km/h Ceiling: 8700m Range: 1675km Load: 18 seats G.30, Fiat Design for a long-range bomber. G.46, Fiat Monoplane trainer, one of the first post-war Italian aircraft. 220 were built, as two-seat and single-seat aircraft and with several engines. Type: G.46-4B Function: trainer Year: 1947 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 160kW Alfa Romeo 115ter Wing Span: 10.40m Length: 8.48m Height: 2.40m Wing Area: 16.00m2 Empty Weight: 1100kg Max.Weight: 1410kg Speed: 312km/h Ceiling: 6050m Range: 500km Armament: 1*mg G.49, Fiat This was intended as a replacement for the North American T-6. Two built. 1952. G.50 Freccia, Fiat The G.50 was one of the first Italian monoplane fighters. It was a basically sane design, a nimble low-wing monoplane with enclosed cockpit (abandoned on production aircraft) and retractable landing gear. But Italy did not have a suitable engine for a monoplane fighter, and the G.50 was slow and underarmed. 780 built. The single G.50V had a Daimler-Benz DB601 engine. Type: G.50 Function: fighter Year: 1940 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 625kW Fiat A.74 RC38 Wing Span: 10.96m Length: 7.79m Height: 2.96m Wing Area: 18.15m2 Empty Weight: 1975kg Max.Weight: 2415kg Speed: 472km/h Ceiling: 9835m Range: 670km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm G.51, Fiat Development of the G.50. Not built? G.52, Fiat Development of the G.50. The G.52 was to mate the wings and systems of the G.50 with a smaller fuselage and the Fiat A.76 RC40 radial engine. Not built. G.55 Centauro, Fiat The G.55 was considered the best of the Italian DB605-engined fighters, a powerful and robust high-altitude interceptor. Only a few were used in combat, by the fascist Salo-republic after 1943. Production was resumed after after WWII. Type: G.55/I Function: fighter Year: 1943 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1475hp Fiat RA 1050 RC 58 Wing Span: 11.85m Length: 9.37m Height: 3.13m Wing Area: 21.11m2 Empty Weight: 2630kg Max.Weight: 3718kg Speed: 630km/h Ceiling: 12700m Range: 1200km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm 3*g20mm 2*b160kg G.56, Fiat Development of the G.55 with a Daimler-Benz DB603A engine. Two built. Type: G.56 Function: fighter Year: 1944 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * Daimler-Benz DB 603A Speed: 684km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: G.59, Fiat This was the final development of the G.55, with a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.It was used as advanced trainer, built in single-seat and two-seat versions. But 30 fighter-bombers were built for Syria. Over 100 built. Type: G.59-4A Function: fighter / trainer Year: 1951 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1490hp R.R. Merlin 500/20 Speed: 593km/h Ceiling: 11500m Range: 1420km Armament: 2*mg G.80, Fiat The first real Italian jet aircraft, flown in 1951. Precursor of the G.82. 1600kg D.H. Goblin 35 engine. Three built. G.82, Fiat Development of the G.80. The G.82 was an excellent trainer, but was not selected for a NATO requirement for a jet trainer. The availability of the T-33 ended all hopes for the G.82. Five built. Type: G.82 Function: trainer Year: 1954 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 2450kg R.R. Nene 6/21 Speed: 910km/h Ceiling: 12300m Range: 1150km Armament: 1-2*mg G.91, Fiat / Aeritalia The Italian G.91 was declared winner of a NATO-competition for a lightweight strike aircraft, but of course most NATO members had second thoughts after their own aircraft had lost the competition, and the G.91 was used only by Germany and Italy. It is a small swept-wing subsonic aircraft, similar in appearance to the F-86K. The G.91Y was a twin-engined development. Type: G.91R-3 Function: attack Year: 1959 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 2270kg Bristol Orpheus 801/02 Speed: 1090km/h Ceiling: 13260m Range: 1850km Armament: 2*g20mm 680kg G222, Fiat / Aeritalia STOL transport. The original NATO requirement for a V/STOL transport was abandoned, and the G222 became a more conventional design, looking like a smaller, twin-engined C-130. The USAF bought it as the C-27. Type: G222 Function: transport Year: 1975 Crew: 3-4 Engines: 2 * 2535kW G.E. T64-GE-P4D Speed: 520km/h Ceiling: 9000m Range: 5000km Load: 9000kg, 44 seats Gamma, Pomilio Single-seat fighter biplane. A small batch of Gamma fighters was ordered in 1918, but none entered service. Type: Gamma IF Function: fighter Year: 1918 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 250hp Isotta-Fraschini V6 Speed: 225km/h Ceiling: Range: 3h Armament: Guidoni Type: Guidoni Function: torpedo bomber Year: 1912 Crew: Engines: 2 * 147kW Gnome Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: --H-------------------------------------------------------------------------- H-3, Sikorsky-Agusta Agusta license-built the US-designed H-3 (Sikorsky S.61) helicopter. H-47, Boieng-Vertol Meriodinali License production of the CH-47 tandem-rotor transport helicopter is undertaken by Meriodinali. This included export orders to Iran, Morocco and Libya. Harrier, MDD / BAe The Italian Navy bought 16 Harrier II Plus VSTOL attack aircraft and two TAV-8B trainers, for operations from its aircraft carrier Garibaldi. HD-1, Hanriot French biplane fighter. The HD-1 was little used in France, but in Italy Macchi built 831 and production continued until 1919. Type: HD-1 Function: fighter Year: 1916 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 120hp Le Rhone Speed: 180km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 1*mg --I-------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.C.R.42, Fiat Floatplane version of the C.R.42. Idro-S.V.A. Floatplane version of the Ansalod S.V.A.. About 50 built. --J-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jet Squalus, Promavia This is a small low-wing jet trainer, built by a Italian/Belgain joint venture. The Belgian air force is not interested, but there are efforts to sell it abroad, with the uprated TFE109-3 engine. Type: Jet Squalus Function: trainer Year: 1987 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 5.92kN Garrett TFE109-1 Speed: 519km/h Ceiling: 10670m Range: 1850km Armament: 600kg Ju 87, Junkers The Regia Aeronautica used a number of Ju 87's, in addition to Luftwaffe units that were based on the Italian territory. --K-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --L-------------------------------------------------------------------------- L.1, Macchi This was an almost exact copy of a captured Austrian Lohner L40 fighter flying-boat. 140 built. Type: L.1 Function: reconaissance Year: 1915 Crew: Engines: 1 * 150hp Isotta-Fraschini Speed: 110km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: L.2, Macchi Development of the L.1. Ten built. Type: L.2 Function: reconaissance Year: 1916 Crew: Engines: 1 * 160hp Isotta-Fraschini Speed: 140km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: L.3, Macchi A redesigned L.1 with completely new wings. Used as bomber, reconaissance aircraft and fighter until the end of the war. 200 built. Type: L.3 Function: fighter-bomber Year: 1916 Crew: Engines: 1 * 160hp Isotta-Fraschini Speed: 145km/h Ceiling: 5000m Range: Armament: Leone, Aerfer Development of the Sagittario / Ariete. One built. --M-------------------------------------------------------------------------- M.4, Macchi Reconaissance flying boat. Fiat A.12 engine, two built. M.5, Macchi A small flying-boat fighter biplane. The M.5 was one of the best aircraft of its category, and in combat equal to landplane fighters. 240 built. Type: M.5 Function: fighter Year: 1918 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 250hp Isotta-Fraschini V-6B Speed: 205km/h Ceiling: 5990m Range: 3h 40m Armament: 2*mg M.6, Macchi Flying boat fighter. No production. M.7, Macchi Fighter flying boat biplane. The M.7 was in service until 1930. In 1921 a M.7 won the Schneider Cup race. Type: M.7 Function: Fighter Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 250hp Isotta-Fraschini Speed: 210km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: M.8, Macchi A reconaissance flying boat, used until the end of WWI as reconaissance and ASW aircraft, and as trainer thereafter. 57 built. Type: M.8 Function: reconaissance Year: 1917 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 170hp Isotta-Fraschini Speed: 162km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: M.9, Macchi Bomber flying boat. Only 16 built before the end of WWI, but these stayed in service until 1923. Type: M.9 Function: bomber Year: 1918 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 300hp Fiat A-12b Speed: 187km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: M.12, Macchi Twin-fuselage flying boat. No production. Type: M.12 Function: reconaissance Year: 1918 Crew: Engines: 1 * 450hp Ansaldo Giorgio 4E28 Speed: 190km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: M.14, Macchi Biplane fighter, no production. Type: M.14 Function: fighter Year: 1918 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 110hp Le Rhone Speed: 186km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: M.15, Macchi Reconaissance biplane. Limited production. Type: M.15 Function: reconaissance Year: 1918 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 330hp Fiat A.12bis Speed: 220km/h Ceiling: Range: 600km Armament: M.18, Macchi Flying boat, used as trainer and light transport. The M.18 was a pusher biplane. Over 100 built. Type: M.18 Function: trainer / transport Year: 1920 Crew: Engines: 1 * 250hp Isotta-Fraschini Speed: 187km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: M.24, Macchi The first twin-engined aircraft of Macchi, a flying boat that remained in service for ten years. Type: M.24 Function: Year: 1923 Crew: Engines: 2 * 300hp Fiat A.12 Speed: 175km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 800kg M.26, Macchi Flying boat. No production. Type: M.26 Function: Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 300hp Hispano-Suiza HS42 Speed: 244km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: M.40, Macchi Catapult-launched shipboard seaplane. No production. 1928. M.41, Macchi Biplane flying boat fighter, used for training. 40 built. Type: M.41 Function: fighter Year: 1929 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 420hp Fiat A.20 Speed: 256km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg M.416, Macchi License-built Fokker S.11 trainer. Macchi The first aircraft of this manufacturer was a parasol monoplane used for reconaissance. Retired in 1915. 42 built. Type: Macchi Function: reconaissance Year: 1913 Crew: Engines: 1 * 80hp Gnome Speed: 125km/h Ceiling: 2500m Range: Armament: M.B.226, Macchi Trainer. M.B.308, Macchi An high-wing two-seat cabin monoplane, used as liaison aircraft by the air force after WWII. M.B.323, Macchi Low-wing trainer, designed to replace the North American T-6. No production. Type: M.B.323 Function: trainer Year: 1952 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 610hp P&W R-1340 Speed: 390km/h Ceiling: Range: 1300km Armament: 1*mg M.B.326, Aermacchi A small two-seat jet trainer. The M.B.326 was became the standard jet trainer for the Italian air force and was also exported. Later a single-seat dedicated attack aircraft was also built. The MB.326 was first flown in 1962 and productions still continues. Type: M.B.326GB Function: trainer / attack Year: 1967 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 15.17kN R.R. Viper 20 Mk.540 Speed: 867km/h Ceiling: 14300m Range: 2445km Armament: 1814kg M.B.339, Aermacchi Development of the M.B.326 with a more powerful engines and a raised instructor's seat. There also is a single-seat fighter-bomber. Type: M.B.339A Function: trainer / attack Year: 1978 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 17.79kN R.R. Viper Mk.632-43 Speed: 898km/h Ceiling: 14630m Range: 2110km Armament: 1815kg M.B.340, Aermacchi Design for an attack aircraft. Never built. M.C.77, Macchi Shoulder wing flying boat, competing for orders with the Z.501. No production. The engine was fitted high on struts above the wing; gun turrets were placed in the nose and after the wing. Type: M.C.77 Function: reconaissance / bomber Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * Isotta-Fraschini Asso 750 Speed: 303km/h Ceiling: Range: 3080km Armament: M.C.94, Macchi The Regia Aeronautica ordered a ambulance / reconaissance version of this civil flying boat, but cancelled it later. Six built. Type: M.C.94 Function: transport Year: 1936 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 750hp Alfa Romeo 126 RC10 Speed: 246km/h Ceiling: Range: 1490km Load: 12 seats M.C.200 Saetta, Macchi The M.C.200 originated from the same requirement as the Fiat G.50, looked very similar and suffered from the same vices -- the original design was armed with only one 12.7mm gun. Yet the M.C.200 was probably the most used Italian monoplanefighter, and it proved effective against older fighters like the Hurricane. Type: M.C.200 Function: fighter Year: 1939 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 870hp Fiat A.74 RC38 Speed: 501km/h Ceiling: 8900m Range: 570km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm 320kg M.C.201, Macchi Proposed development of the M.C.200 with a FDiat A.76 RC40 engine. M.C.202 Folgore, Macchi The answer to the lack of a suitable Italian engine was using a German one. The Folgore was a M.C.200 reengineered to use a copy of the DB601A. The M.C.202 was still underarmed, but it was superior to the Hurricanes and P-40's the allied were using in the Mediterranean. Type: M.C.202 Function: fighter Year: 1941 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1175hp Alfa Romeo RA1000 RC41-I Speed: 595km/h Ceiling: 11000m Range: 760km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm 2*mg7.7mm 2*b160kg M.C.205V Veltro, Macchi The best Italian fighters of WWII used German engines. The M.C.205V used the Daimler Benz DB605 instead of the DB601 of the M.C.202 and was armed with 20mm cannon. The M.C.205 was an effective fighter at low and medium altitude, but only about 320 were built. Type: M.C.205V Serie III Function: fighter Year: 1943 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1475hp Daimler Benz DB650A Speed: 650km/h Ceiling: 11350m Range: 1040km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm 2*g20mm M.C.205N Orione, Macchi The M.C.205V was basically a M.C.202 with a more powerful engine, but the M.C.205N was a complete redesign. Only two built. M.C.206, Macchi Development of the MC.205. M.C.207, Macchi Development of the MC.205. MDD 500, McDonell Douglas The MD500E was liceense-built by Bredanardi as training helicopter. M.F.4, CMASA Reconaissance flying boat. M.F.6, CMASA Reconaissance biplane. M.F.10, CMASA Flying boat. --N-------------------------------------------------------------------------- N-1, Caproni-Campini The N-1 was not a real jet aircraft. It was powered by a ducted fan in the circular fuselage and a primitive afterburner. The N-1 was a big aircraft with a low performance, but -- in contrast with the real jet aircraft of the period -- was well publicized. Two built. Type: N-1 Function: experimental Year: 1940 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 660kW Isotta Fraschini Speed: 375km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Nieuport 11 Bebe French sesquiplane fighter. License-built by Macchi, and in service until 1917. Macchi built 450. Nieuport 17 Development of the Nieuport 11. License-built by Macchi, but the Hanriot HD-1 was preferred; nevertheless Macchi built 150. --O-------------------------------------------------------------------------- O-1, Cessna High-wing cabin monoplane. Some O-1's are still in service as traing aircraft. --P-------------------------------------------------------------------------- P.2, Piaggio The P.2 was a low-wing, cantilever monoplane with a moncocque fuselage, a concept still viewed with suspicion when it was flown in 1923. Only two built. Type: P.2 Function: fighter Year: 1923 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 300hp Hispano-Suiza HS 42 Speed: 233km/h Ceiling: Range: 2.6hrs Armament: 2*mg12.7mm P.6, Piaggio The P.6 was a catapult-launched shipbaord reconaissance seaplane. The P.6 was a biplane with a large central float and small outriggers. 15 built. Type: P.6ter Function: reconaissance Year: 1929 Crew: Engines: 1 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: P.10, Piaggio Three-seat reconaissance seaplane. 450hp Piaggio Jupiter engine. P.16, Piaggio Three-engined bomber monoplane. The P.16 had an inverted gull wing, with the centre section passing through the fuselage on shoulder height, just behind the cockpit. It was an advanced design but attracted no orders. No production. 1935. P.23M, Piaggio Four-engined bomber. The P.23M had the wing configuration of the P.16, and was fitted with four engines in two tandem pairs. P.23R, Piaggio The P.23R had nothing in common with the P.23M. It was a three-engined aircraft with twin fins and extreme streamlining. It set a new record for speed with payload. Later it was proposed to use it for a demonstration attack on New York. No production. Type: P.23R Function: bomber Year: 1937 Crew: Engines: 3 * 1000hp Piaggio P.XI RC40 Speed: 404km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 5000kg P.32, Piaggio Medium bomber, a twin-engined monoplane. About 40 were built in two versions. Type: P.32-II Function: bomber Year: Crew: Engines: 2 * Piaggio P.XI RC40 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: P.32bis, Reggiane Development of the Piaggio P.32. Prototype only. Type: P.32/I.F. Function: bomber / transport Year: 1936 Crew: 5 Engines: 2 * 610kW Isotta-Fraschini Asso XI RC40 Speed: 400km/h Ceiling: 7000m Range: Armament: 4*mg7.7mm 1600kg P.50, Piaggio This bomber was the basis for the P.108. It was a mid-wing design with four engines, in a two-by-two tandem arrangment in the P.50-I and a more conventional leading-edge arrangment in the P.50-II. Type: P.50-I Function: Year: Crew: Engines: 4 * Isotta-Fraschini Asso XI Speed: Ceiling: Range: 3350km Armament: Type: P.50-II Function: bomber Year: 1938 Crew: Engines: 4 * 1000hp Piaggio P.XI Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: P.108, Piaggio This was a four-engined bomber, the only Italian WWII aircraft in this category. Only 163 were built and their operational use was even more restricted by teething troubles and bad organization; its combat use was limited to a number of attacks by small numbers of aircraft. The P.108A was fitted with a 102mm gun, fitted in the nose with a slight depression; the P.108C and P.108T were transport aircraft. Type: P.108B Function: bomber Year: 1941 Crew: 7 Engines: 4 * 1500hp Piaggio P.XII RC35 Speed: 430km/h Ceiling: 6000m Range: 4000km Armament: 8*mg12.7mm 3500kg P.111, Piaggio Experimental aircraft for the development of pressurized systems. P.112, Piaggio Development of the P.108 with Piaggio P.XXII engines. P.114, Piaggio Seaplane development of the P.112. P.119, Piaggio Single-seat fighter monoplane. The engine was buried after the cockpit, driving the propeller by a long extension shaft. Development was halted after the Italian surrender in 1943. One built. Type: P.119 Function: fighter Year: 1942 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1650hp Piaggio P.XV RC60/2v Speed: 640km/h Ceiling: Range: 1515km Armament: 1*g20mm 4*mg12.7mm P.122, Piaggio Dive-bomber design. Not built. P.123, Piaggio Proposed development of the P.23R. P.133, Piaggio Improved P.108. Not built. 1450hp Piaggio P.XV engines and increased armament. P.136, Piaggio Five-seat amphibian, a gull-winged aircraft with two pusher propellors. The air force bought 34 as SAR aircraft. Type: P.136L Function: Year: 1948 Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 260hp Lycoming Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: 4 seats P.148, Piaggio Low-wing trainer with fixed landing gear. 100 built. Type: P.148 Function: trainer Year: 1951 Crew: 2-3 Engines: 1 * 190hp Lycoming O-453A Speed: 232km/h Ceiling: 5000m Range: 800km P.149, Piaggio Development of the P.148 with retractable landing gear; the P.149D was a trainer version for the Luftwaffe. P.150, Piaggio Trainer, 1952. No production. P.166, Piaggio The P.166 is virtually a land-based version of the P.136; the boat fuselage was eliminated but the configuration remained the same. They are in military service in South Africa and Somalia. Type: P.166-DL2 Function: transport Year: 1975 Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 283kW Lycoming IGSO-540A1H Speed: 396km/h Ceiling: 8230m Range: 2410km Load: 5 seats 1166kg PC, Pomilio Reconaissance biplane. Type: PC Function: reconaissance Year: 1917 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 260hp Fiat A.12 Speed: 114mph Ceiling: Range: Armament: PD, Pomilio Development of the PC. PD-808, Piaggio Twin-engined business jet. Used as trainer and executive transport, and as the PD-808ECM electronic warfare aircraft. Type: PD-808ECM Function: ECM Year: Crew: 5 Engines: 2 * 14.9kN R.R. Viper Mk.526 Speed: 852km/h Ceiling: 13715m Range: PE, Pomilio Development of the PC. Reconaissance biplane. Type: PE Function: reconaissance Year: 1917 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 190kW Fiat A-12 Speed: 195km/h Ceiling: 5000m Range: 3h Armament: 2*mg --Q-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --R-------------------------------------------------------------------------- R.2, Fiat First aircraft built by Fiat (formerly S.I.A.). The R.2 was a sturdy reconaissance biplane, developed from the S.I.A. 9, that was used until 1925. 129 built. Type: R.2 Function: reconaissance Year: 1917 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 300hp Fiat A-12b Speed: 175km/h Ceiling: Range: 720km Armament: 2-3*mg R.22, Fiat Reconaissance development of the B.R.2.. 550hp Fiat A.22 engine. R.700, Fiat Development of the B.R.. Set a speed record of 336km/h in 1922. Re.2000 Falco I, Reggiane This was a contemporary of the G.50 and M.C.200. The Re.2000 had obviously been inspired by the U.S. Seversky P-35 fighter, with its semi-elliptical wings and neatly cowled radial engine. Most of the about 170 built were sold to Sweden (60) and Hungary (70). Type: Re.2000 III Function: fighter Year: 1940 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 755kW Piaggio P.XIbis RC40 Speed: 525km/h Ceiling: 10500m Range: 1300km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm 200kg Re.2001 Falco II, Reggiane This was a Re.2000 reengined with a copy of the German DB 601A. 252 built, of which about 150 Re.2001 CN night fighters. Type: Re.2001 Function: fighter Year: 1942 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 790kW Alfa Romeo RA.1000 Speed: 540km/h Ceiling: 12000m Range: 1040km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm 2*mg7.7mm 640kg Re.2002 Ariete, Reggiane This devlopment of the Re.2000 kept a radial engine, a more powerful one than that of the Re.2000. It was intended as fighter-bomber. About 225 built. Type: Re.2002 Function: fighter Year: 1942 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1175hp Piaggio P.XIX RC45 Speed: 530km/h Ceiling: 10500m Range: 1100km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm 2*mg7.7mm 950kg Re.2003, Reggiane Two built. Reconaissance development of the Re.2000. Type: Re.2003 Function: reconaissance Year: 1941 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 755kW Piaggio P.XIbis RC40 Speed: 475km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Re.2004, Reggiane This was to be a version of the Re.2001 with the Isotta-Fraschini Zeta engine. Never completed. Re.2005 Sagittario, Reggiane The Re.2005 had the best performance of the DB605-engined fighters, but had structural problems. Series production was only 48, before the Italian surrender of 1943. Type: Re.2005 Function: fighter Year: 1943 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1475hp Daimler Benz DB605A Speed: 678km/h Ceiling: 12000m Range: 1250km Armament: 2*mg 3*g20mm Re.2006, Reggiane Fighter, built but not flown. Re.2007, Reggiane Jet fighter. It was never completed, because the German Junkers Jumo 004 engines were not delivered. Ro.1, Romeo License-built Dutch Fokker C.V reconaissance biplane. Many used in the colonial wars when Mussoline built his imperium. Type: Ro.1 Function: reconaissance Year: 1927 Crew: Engines: 1 * 420hp Bristol Jupiter Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: Ro.37, Imam Biplane reconaissance aircraft. The Ro 37 was not a very advanced design and in WWII it was obsolete. The Ro37bis had a Piaggio P.IX radial. Over 630 built. Type: Ro 37 Function: trainer Year: 1935 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 550hp Fiat A.30 RA bis Speed: 325km/h Ceiling: 6700m Range: 1650km Armament: 2*mg7.7mm 1-2*mg12.7mm Ro.41, Imam 437 built Type: Ro.41 Function: fighter Year: 1935 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 285kW Piaggio P.VII C45 Speed: 325km/h Ceiling: 8200m Range: 600km Armament: 2*mg7.7mm Ro.43, Imam Floatplane development of the Ro 37, with a gulled upper wing and a large central float. The Ro 43 was a catapult-launched observation aircraft for cruisers and battleships. Limited service. About 200 built. Type: Ro 43 Function: observation Year: 1936 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 700hp Piaggio P.XR Speed: 303km/h Ceiling: 7200m Range: 1092km Armament: 2*mg Ro.44, Imam Single-seat fighter development of the Ro 43. Ro.57, Imam When the Ro.57 entered service in 1942 after much delay, it was already obsolete. The Ro.57 was a twin-engined monoplane, built as fighter and ground attack aircraft. About 50 built. Type: Ro.57 Function: fighter Year: 1943 Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 840hp Fiat A.74 RC 38 Speed: 516km/h Ceiling: 9300m Range: 1200km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm Ro.63, Imam Six built. Type: Ro.63 Function: liaison / reconaissance Year: 1943 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 205kW Hirth HM508D Speed: 203km/h Ceiling: Range: 900km Load: 1-2 seats R.S.14, Fiat Twin-engined floatplane. The R.S.14 was first flown in 1938 but development was slow. 152 built. Type: RS.14 Function: reconaissance bomber Year: 1942 Crew: 4-5 Engines: 2 * 840hp Fiat A.74 RC 38 Speed: 390km/h Ceiling: 6300m Range: 2500km Armament: 2*mg7.7mm 1*mg12.7mm 400kg --S-------------------------------------------------------------------------- S.7, S.A.I. Ambrosini Wooden monoplane trainer, first flown in 1939. The S.7 was built in two-seat and single-seat versions and was also a popular racing aircraft, setting some records in its category. Type: S.7 Function: trainer Year: 1949 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 215hp Alfa Romeo 115 Speed: 358km/h Ceiling: 5250m Range: 1000km S.8, S.I.A.I Reconaissance and ASW flying boat. 172 built. Type: S.8 Function: reconaissance Year: 1917 Crew: Engines: 1 * 170hp Isotta-Fraschini Speed: 142km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg S.9, S.I.A. Two-seat reconaissance bomber, a biplane with a 700hp Fiat A.14 engine. S.9, S.I.A.I. Flying boat bomber, a biplane with a 300hp Fiat A.12bis engine. 1918. No production. S.50, S.I.A.I. Fighter, 285hp SPA 62a engine. S.52, S.I.A.I. Biplane fighter, a derivative of the S.50 with a Hispano-Suiza HS 42 engine. It was too late for the Italian 1924 fighter contest. Two built. Type: S.52 Function: fighter Year: 1924 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 300hp Hispano-Suiza HS 42 Speed: 270km/h Ceiling: Range: 2.5h Armament: S.55, Savoia-Marchetti Flying boat. The S.55 had a very unusual twin-hulled monoplane layout, with tandem engines on a central pylon. Italo Balbo made the S.55 famous with long-distance formation flights. Despite initial skepticism, the air force bought 170. Type: S.55 Function: bomber / transport Year: 1925 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 515kW Fiat A-24R Speed: 235km/h Ceiling: 4200m Range: 2000km Load: 10-12 seats, 730kg S.58, S.I.A.I. Single-seat, biplane flying boat fighter. The S.58 did not enter production; it was selected several times to replace the Macchi M.7 but the older aircraft was kept in service. Four built. Type: S.58bis Function: fighter Year: 1929 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 420hp Fiat A 20 Speed: 267km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 2*mg7.7mm S.66, Savoia-Marchetti The S.66 had the same configuration as the succesfull S.55, but was larger and more powerful. It was designed as a passenger transport, but some flew SAR missions at the beginning of WWII. Type: S.66 Function: transport Year: 1932 Crew: 3 Engines: 3 * 750hp Fiat A.24R Speed: 222km/h Ceiling: 5500m Range: 1290km Load: 14 seats S.67, S.I.A.I. Single-seat monoplane flying boat fighter, intended to be catapult-launched from cruisers. Three built. Type: S.67 Function: fighter Year: 1930 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 520hp Fiat A 20 Speed: 258km/h Ceiling: Range: 3.7h Armament: 2*mg7.7mm S.211, Siai Marchetti Jet trainer. The S.211 is a small shoulder-wing aircraft, single-engined, with tandem seating. It is being offered to the USAF by Siai-Marchetti/Grumman for the JPATS requirement. Type: S.211 Function: trainer Year: 1989 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 1135kg P&WC JT15D-4C Speed: 611km/h Ceiling: 12200m Range: 1500km Armament: 600kg Sagittario, Aerfer Light, swept-wing jet fighter. Two built. The Sagittario was the first Italian aircraft the exceed the speed of sound. Type: Sagittario II Function: fighter Year: 1955 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1650kg R.R. Derwent 9 Speed: 1050km/h Ceiling: 12000m Range: 765km Armament: 2*g30mm 500kg S.A.I.207 This was an attempt to develop a lightweight fighter with a construction of nonstrategic materials. It was development of the S.A.I.7, a pre-war racing aircraft. Only a dozen built. Type: S.A.I.207 Function: fighter Year: 1943 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 750hp Isotta-Fraschini Delta RC40 Speed: 625km/h Ceiling: 12000m Range: 850km Armament: 2*mg12.7mm S.A.I.403 Development of the S.A.I.207. Not built. Saiman 202 A wooden low-wing monoplane, used on a large scale as liaison aircraft. Continued flying after WWII. Type: 202 Function: liaison Year: 1936 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 120hp Alfa Romeo 110 Speed: 230km/h Ceiling: 5000m Range: 700km SAR 42, Aerospatiale/Aeritalia Proposed sea patrol development of the ATR 42 airliner. SF.260, SIAI-Marchetti Two/three seat light aircraft. Primarilmy a trainer, but some have a limited weapon-carrying capability. There is also a turboprop-engined version. Type: SF.260W Function: trainer Year: 1972 Crew: 3 Engines: 1 * 194kW Textron Lycoming O-540-E4A5 Speed: 306km/h Ceiling: 4480m Range: 1490km Armament: 2*mg7.62mm S.I.A. 7B Reconaissance biplane. Not very succesful. Type: 7B Function: reconaissance Year: 1917 Crew: Engines: Speed: Ceiling: Range: Armament: S.I.A. 9B More powerful development of the 7B. Only 62 built; the orders were cancelled at the end of WWI. Type: 9B Function: reconaissance Year: 1918 Crew: Engines: 1 * 700hp Fiat A-14 Speed: 205km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: S.I.A. 1200 Bomber, first flown in 1917. No production. S.M.74, Savoia-Marchetti The S.M.74 was a civil transport, that was pressed into military service in WWII. A high-wing monoplane with fixed landing gear and a deep fuselage of rectangular cross section. Three built. Type: S.M.74 Function: transport Year: 1935 Crew: 4 Engines: 4 * 700hp Piaggio Stella X RC Speed: 300km/h Ceiling: 7000m Range: 2000km Load: 27 seats S.M.75, Savoia-Marchetti A good three-engined transport aircraft, originally designed as a civil transport, but its performance attracted military orders. Some were also used as bombers. Type: S.M.75 Function: transport Year: 1939 Crew: 4-5 Engines: 3 * 750hp Alfa Romeo A.R. 126 RC 34 Speed: 363km/h Ceiling: 6250m Range: 1720km Load: 18 seats S.M.79 Sparviero, Savoia-Marchetti The S.M.79 was built in three-engined and twin-engined versions. This sturdy hump-backed aircraft dated back to 1934 and didn't look like much, but it provided valuable serive even in the most difficult conditions. Production ceased in 1944 after about 1370 aircraft. Type: S.M.79 II Function: bomber Year: 1939 Crew: 4 Engines: 3 * 1000hp Piaggio P.XI RC40 Speed: 434km/h Ceiling: 7000m Range: 2000km Armament: 3*mg12.7mm 1*mg7.7mm 1250kg S.M.81 Pipistrello, Savoia-Marchetti This was a miliatry version of the S.M.73 airliner, a three-engined monoplane with fixed landing gear. In 1940 it was obsolete, but it served until 1942 until it was reassigned to transport duties, and a few continued in this role until 1951. 584 built. Type: S.M.81 Function: bomber / transport Year: 1935 Crew: 6 Engines: 3 * 515kW Piaggio P.X RC35 Speed: 340km/h Ceiling: 7000m Range: 2000km Armament: 4*mg7.7mm 2000kg S.M.82 Marsupiale, Savoia-Marchetti The S.M.82 transport was decidedly underpowered, but it provided the axis powers with a much needed heavy transport capacity. It was called Marsupiale because of its ability to ferry dismantled fighters in the large, bulging fuselage. The S.M.82 was provided with an internal bomb bay, but this was used mostly for fuel tanks. Approx 400 built. Type: S.M.82 Function: transport Year: 1939 Crew: 4 Engines: 3 * 950hp Alfa Romeo 128 RC21 Speed: 370km/h Ceiling: 6000m Range: 3970km Armament: 1*mg12.7mm 4*mg7.7mm 4000kg S.M.84, Savoia-Marchetti This aircraft was designed as a replacement for the S.M.79. It was very similar, except for the twin fins, and more modern. Its combat use was not very successfull. Approx 300 built. Type: S.M.84 Function: bomber / torpedo bomber Year: 1941 Crew: 5 Engines: 3 * 1000hp Piaggio P.XI RC 40 Speed: 432km/h Ceiling: 7900m Range: 1830km Armament: 4*mg12.7mm 2000kg S.M.85, Savoia-Marchetti Twin-engined dive bomber, a wooden, grossly underpowered aircraft. They flew one combat mission (failing to find their targets) before the structure detoriated and the aircraft were rendered inoperational. 36 built. Type: S.M.85 Function: dive bomber Year: 1939 Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 370kW Piaggio P.VII RC35 Speed: 368km/h Ceiling: 6500m Range: 830km Armament: 1-2*mg 500kg S.M.86, Savoia-Marchetti Development of the S.M.85. S.M.87, Savoia-Marchetti Floatplane version of the S.M.75. Four built. Type: S.M.87 Function: transport Year: 1939 Crew: 4 Engines: 3 * 735kW Fiat A.80 RC41 Speed: 365km/h Ceiling: 6250m Range: 2200km Load: 24 seats S.M.88, SIAI-Marchetti Three-seat light bomber, later changed to become the S.M.91 fighter. S.M.91, SIAI-Marchetti Long-range fighter. The S.M.91 was a twin-boom aircraft with German engine, similar in configuration to the Lockheed P-38. Development ended after the Italian surrender of 1943. Type: S.M.91 Function: fighter Year: 1943 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 1290hp Daimler-Benz DB 605A-1 Speed: 585km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 5*mg20mm 500kg S.M.92, SIAI-Marchetti The S.M.92 was developed simultaneously with the S.M.91 and was similar, except that the small central nacelle was eliminated and the crew seated in the left boom. The prototype was flown by the Germans in 1943, but development was not continued. Type: S.M.92 Function: fighter Year: 1943 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 1290hp Daimler-Benz DB 605A-1 Speed: 615km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 3*g20mm 3*mg12.7mm S.M.95, Savoia-Marchetti Six built. Type: S.M.95 Function: bomber / transport Year: Crew: 4 Engines: 4 * 625kW Alfa Romeo 128 RC18 Speed: 360km/h Ceiling: 6350m Range: 2000km Armament: S.M.1019, SIAI-Marchetti High-wing cabin monoplane. It is a development of the once widely-used Cessna O-1 Birddog with a turboprop engine. Type: S.M.1019E Function: observation / FAC Year: 1974 Crew:2 Engines: 1 * 298kW Allison 250-B17 Speed: 300km/h Ceiling: 7620m Range: 1350km Armament: S.P.2, S.I.A. Development of the French Farman biplanes. 400 built. Type: S.P.2 Function: reconaissance / trainer Year: 1916 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 260hp Fiat A-12 Speed: 120km/h Ceiling: 6000m Range: Armament: S.P.3, S.I.A. Development of the S.P.2. 300 built. Type: S.P.3 Function: reconaissance Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 320hp Fiat A.12bis Speed: 145km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: S.S.4, S.A.I.-Ambrosini Piston-engined, single-seat fighter of canard configuration. Stipa-Caproni This was an experimental aircraft, preceding the Caproni-Campini N.1. It basically was a flying venturi tube with a de Havilland Gipsy engine fitted inside it, while the propeller turned in the front edge of the tube. The crew sat in a bulge on top. 1932. S.V.A. 3 Fighter, similar to the S.V.A.5 but with shorter wing span. S.V.A. 4 Almost identical with the S.V.A.5. Apporx 10 built. S.V.A. 5 This was one of the best bomber and reconaissance aircraft of WWI. The S.V.A. 5 had been designed as a fighter, but had been rejected because of deficient maneuvrability. As a bomber the fast, long-ranged S.V.A. 5 was excellent. Total production of the series was approx. 2000. Type: S.V.A. 5 Function: bomber Year: 1918 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 220hp S.P.A. 6A Speed: 230km/h Ceiling: 6700m Range: 6h Armament: 2*mg S.V.A. 9 Two-seat trainer version of the S.V.A. 5. S.V.A. 10 Two-seat version of the S.V.A. 5. Type: S.V.A. 10 Function: reconaissance bomber Year: 1918 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 250hp Isotta-Fraschini Speed: 207km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: --T-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tebaldi-Zara (Breda) Unusual sesquiplane fighter. The upper wing was fitted to the top of the fuselage; the lower wing was connected to the fuselage by a streamlined fairing. The lower wing incorporated the axis of the main wheels, which were of unusual large diameter. Breda bought the design and developed it further, but the Italian air force showed no interest. One built. Type: Tebaldi-Zara Function: fighter Year: 1923 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 300hp Hispano-Suiza HS42 Wing Span: 9.00m Length: Height: Wing Area: 22.00m2 Empty Weight: 825kg Max.Weight: 1100kg Speed: 255km/h Ceiling: Range: 3.0hrs Armament: --U-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --V-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --W-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --X-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --Y-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --Z-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Z.501 Gabbiano, CANT The Z.501 was a single-engined flying boat, with long, complicated struts between the high-set wing and engine nacelle and the fuselage, but otherwise clean. It set some long-distance records in 1934 and 1935. Over 200 were in service in june 1940, but the number rapidly diminished because of the vulnerability of the Z.501. 454 built. Type: Z.501 Function: reconaissance Year: 1936 Crew: 4-5 Engines: 1 * 900hp Isotta Fraschini Asso XI R2C15 Wing Span: 22.50m Length: 14.30m Height: 4.42m Wing Area: 62m2 Empty Weight: 3840kg Max.Weight: 7035kg Speed: 275km/h Ceiling: 7000m Range: 4830km Armament: 2-3*mg7.7mm 640kg Z.504, CANT Reconaissance flying boat. The Z.504 was a two-seat biplane, competing for orders with the Ro.43. No production. Type: Z.504 Function: reconaissance Year: 1934 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 610hp Piaggio Stella IX Rc Speed: 250km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: 1*mg7.7mm Z.506 Airone, CANT The Z.506 was an excellent three-engined floatplane of wooden construction, built in civil and military versions. A few flew in the Spanish civil war; one remained operational until 1956! 344 built. Type: Z.506B Function: torpedo bomber and reconaissance Year: 1937 Crew: 5 Engines: 3 * 750hp Alfa Romeo 126 RC34 Wing Span: 26.50m Length: 19.25m Height: 7.40m Wing Area: 87m2 Empty Weight: 8300kg Max.Weight: 12300kg Speed: 365km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: 2745km Armament: 1200kg 1*mg12.7mm 4*mg7.7mm Z.508, CANT Three-seat bomber/reconaissance flying boat with a parasol wing. The single prototype was used to set distance and altitude records. Type: Z.508 Function: bomber / reconaissance Year: 1936 Crew: 3 Engines: 3 * 840hp Isotta-Fraschini Asso XI RC40 Wing Span: Length: Height: Wing Area: Empty Weight: Max.Weight: Speed: 315km/h Ceiling: Range: Armament: Z.509, CANT Development of the Z.506 with 735kW Fiat A.80 engines. Z.511, CANT Transport seaplane, one built. Type: Z.511 Function: transport Year: 1940 Crew: 6 Engines: 4 * 1100kW Piaggio P.XII RC35 Speed: 424km/h Ceiling: 7000m Range: 5100km Load: 16 seats Z.1007 Alcione, CANT Landplane development of the Z.506. This was a three-engined medium bomber of wooden construction, built both with twin and single tail fins, and used extensively in the mediterranean, except for one attack on Britain. 564 built. The Z.1007bis was a complete redesign with only configurational similarity to the Z.1007. Type: Z.1007bis Function: bomber Year: 1939 Crew: 5 Engines: 3 * 1000hp Piaggio P.XI RC40 Wing Span: 24.80m Length: 18.35m Height: 5.22m Wing Area: 75m2 Empty Weight: 9395kg Max.Weight: 13620kg Speed: 465km/h Ceiling: 7000m Range: 2350km Armament: 2000kg 2*mg12.7mm 2*mg7.7mm Z.1011, CANT Twin-engined medium bomber. Only five prototypes built before the air force changed its mind and bought the Z.1007. The Z.1011 was then used as a staff transport. Type: Z.1011 Function: bomber / transport Year: 1937 Crew: Engines: 2 * 1240kW Isotta-Fraschini Asso XI RC15 Speed: 350km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: Armament: 5*mg Z.1012, CANT Type: Z.1012 Function: transport Year: 1938 Crew: 1 Engines: 3 * 125kW Alfa Romeo 115 Speed: 320km/h Ceiling: 6000m Range: 1000km Armament: Z.1014, CANT Design for a long-range bomber. Z.1015, CANT Development of the Z.1007 with 1500hp Piaggio P.XII RC35 engines. Few built. Z.1018 Leone, CANT Twin-engined medium bomber. An elegant, well-streamlined aircraft that was the last CANT. A fighter version and a torpedo bomber were never built. 17 built. Type: Z.1018 Function: bomber Year: 1943 Crew: 4 Engines: 2 * 1350hp Piaggio P.XII RC35 Speed: 524km/h Ceiling: 7250m Range: 1335km Armament: 3*mg12.7mm 2*mg7.7mm 2000kg -----------------------------------------------------------------------------