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 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, […]