Aeronautica Umbra SA was an Italian aircraft manufacturer founded at

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1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

by Muzio Macchi. The firm produced

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bombers for the

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but never enjoyed success with its own designs. Its best-known attempt was the AUT.18 fighter of

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

. Another promising prototype, the MB.902 had two Daimler-Benz DB 605 engines within the fuselage, driving contra-rotating propellers mounted on the wings, but this was destroyed without ever having flown. After

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, the company re-formed and in

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commenced work on a design for a three-engine

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transport aircraft designated the AUM-903. This, however, was never actually built, although the company did manufacture

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under licence for a time.

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* Gunston, Bill. (1993). ''World Encyclopaedia of Aircraft Manufacturers''. Naval Institute Press: Annapolis, Maryland. pp. 32, 311 Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Italy Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1935 Italian companies established in 1935 Aermacchi Alenia Aermacchi Foligno Defence companies of Italy {{aero-corp-stub

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