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The following is a list of aircraft used by Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) since its formation on June 18, 1946. Aircraft Aircraft Model ...
Coat of Arms of the Italian Armed Forces. The following is a list of military aircraft currently used by the four branches of the Italian Armed Forces: Italian Army, Italian Navy, Italian Air Force, and Carabinieri.
Close view of nose showing gunner and cockpit positions. Data from The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II, [8] Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930–1945 [9] General characteristics. Crew: 4-5; Length: 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) Wingspan: 22.5 m (73 ft 10 in) Height: 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) Wing area: 62.00 m 2 (667.4 sq ft) Empty weight: 3,850 ...
The tail soon hit the water and was rapidly followed by the nose of the aircraft, which slammed into the surface, breaking the fore part of the hull. The fore wing set collapsed in the water together with the nose of the aircraft, while the central and the aft wing sets, together with the tail of the aircraft, kept floating.
The Ca.183bis was intended to have a 1,250 hp (932 kW) Daimler-Benz DB 605 in the nose driving a six-bladed contra-rotating propeller, augmented by a secondary piston engine behind the cockpit driving a Campini compressor, expected to furnish a 100 km/h (60 mph) boost from jet thrust for an optimistic maximum speed of 740 km/h (460 mph) with a range of 2,000 km (1,200 mi).
In July 1942, the Regia Aeronautica requested designs for a new aircraft, propelled by the German DB 605 engine, capable of flying at 620 km/h (385 mph) with a range of 1,600 km (990 mi). The armament should consist of six MG 151 cannons in the nose and wings and a 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine gun as a defensive weapon. It should have an 800 kg ...
The Caproni Ca.331 O.A. prototype. In response to a 1938 Italian Air Ministry requirement for a new tactical reconnaissance aircraft with combat capability, Ing Cesare Pallavacino [2] of the Caproni company ' s Caproni Bergamaschi subsidiary began the design of the Ca.331 O.A. (O.A. standing for Osservazione Area, Italian for "Area Observation"), also designated Ca.331A, in October 1938.
The Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio (Italian: southwest wind) [1] was an Italian monoplane, twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft used in World War II.Derived from the similar Ca.309, it had its combat debut during the Spanish Civil War and took part in the earlier phases of World War II in Libya.