22 December 2022

Macchi MC.72. Built to compete in the 12th Schneider Trophy to prevent the British from achieving their third and final victory, which would have allowed them to take the Trophy home. A floatplane with a pontoon configuration, the MC.72 was designed around its engine, which occupied two-fifths of the fuselage and was encased in a structure […]

Fiat G.46

The Fiat G.46 was an Italian monoplane trainer aircraft produced between ’48 and ’52. It was made in single-seat and two-seat versions. It was an all-metal aircraft with retractable landing gear. The Air Force ordered more than 140 units between 1948 and 1951, which were used to equip various flight schools. It was used until 1963. […]

Douglas C-47

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain, with its cargo door, and the C-53 Skytrooper, with its passenger door, were cantilever, low-wing, twin-engine, metal monoplanes used by the Air Force for duties that, depending on the version, included transport, liaison, radio measurement, multi-engine pilot training, electronic warfare training, troop transport and para-dropping […]

Caproni F.5

CAPRONI F5

Caproni Ca.100

The Caproni Ca.100, a two-seat, twin-wing, single-engine touring and training aircraft with a mixed structure. Intended for widespread distribution and immense popularity, the Ca.100, universally known as the “Caproncino,” did not, however, achieve immediate success. Robust, versatile, easy to fly, and economical to run, the Caproncino was a biplane with a completely wooden fuselage, with plywood covering which could be [...]

Blériot XI

Blériot XI Monoplane, single-engine, with a partially fabric-covered wooden truss fuselage and a swept mid-wing. In 1908, the prototype of the Blériot XI was exhibited at the first Paris Air Show. The numbering indicated the previous failed attempts by its French designer, Louis Blériot, in whose hands, the new aircraft made its first short flight […]

Ansaldo SVA 10 SPA engine

Ansaldo SVA 10 Mot. SPA su terraferma - Aeronautica Militare

Ansaldo SVA 10 Aircraft for fighter, reconnaissance, and bombing roles, single-engine, biplane, two-seater. It was a biplane with unequal wings and W struts, and a rigid wooden truss fuselage with plywood covering that, from the cockpit backwards, had a characteristic triangular section. Overall production during the war period was approximately 1,200 units, […]