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The Breda Ba.39, a touring and
;Ba.39
:The standard two-seat touring and liaison aircraft
;Ba.39S
:Tandem three-seat touring, communications aircraft introduced in 1934.
;Ba.39 Met
:
;Ba.39 Col
:
;Ba.42
:In 1934 the Ba.42 was introduced powered by a Fiat A.70S radial engine, with a NACA cowling.
liaison aircraft
A liaison aircraft (also called an army cooperation aircraft) is a small, usually unarmed aircraft primarily used by military forces for artillery observation or transporting commanders and messages. The concept developed before World War II and ...
designed and built in Italy, was a scaled-up version of the Breda Ba.33, achieving some success in sporting events, and distance flights.
Operational history
The Italian air ministry ordered 60 Ba.39s, one of which was flown on a circuit of the Mediterranean Sea by Folonari and Malinverni, starting and finishing at Turin.Paraguay
One Ba.39 was registered in Paraguay as ZP-PAA in early 1940, owned by Elías Navarro and Antonio Soljancic. Powered by a Colombo S.63 engine, it was used for express flights by a company calledNavarro Expreso Aéreo
Navarro may refer to:
Places
* Navarro (Avilés), a parish in Avilés, Asturias, Spain
* Navarro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
** Navarro Partido, the ''partido'' of Navarro, in Argentina
* Navarro, California, USA
* Navarro, Gurabo, Puerto Rico, USA; ...
. In October, 1940, this plane was destroyed in an accident near São Paulo, Brazil.
Variants
;Ba.39
:The standard two-seat touring and liaison aircraft
;Ba.39S
:Tandem three-seat touring, communications aircraft introduced in 1934.
;Ba.39 Met
:
;Ba.39 Col
:
;Ba.42
:In 1934 the Ba.42 was introduced powered by a Fiat A.70S radial engine, with a NACA cowling.
Operators
; *''Regia Aeronautica
The Italian Royal Air Force (''Regia Aeronautica Italiana'') was the name of the air force of the Kingdom of Italy. It was established as a service independent of the Royal Italian Army from 1923 until 1946. In 1946, the monarchy was abolis ...
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* Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force
Specifications (Ba.39)
See also
References
* * Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis: "La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300pp.External links
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