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Macchi M.40
The Macchi M.40 was a prototype 1920s Italian catapult-launched reconnaissance floatplane designed and built by Macchi, it did not enter production. Design The M.40 was an all-metal equal-span biplane powered by a Fiat A.20 piston engine. It had a large central float with a stabilising float under each wing. The crew sat in tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ... open cockpits and the M.40 was armed with one fixed and one movable machine-gun. Specifications See also References ;Citations ;Bibliography * M.39 1920s Italian military reconnaissance aircraft Floatplanes Biplanes Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1928 {{aero-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Aircraft
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