The S.P.A. 6A was an Italian
aero engine
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years many ...
of the
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
era. It was a water-cooled
inline six-cylinder engine that produced 220 horsepower (164 kW).
Applications
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Ansaldo A.1 Balilla
The Ansaldo A.1, nicknamed "Balilla" after the Genoan folk-hero, was Italy's only domestically-designed fighter aircraft of World War I to be produced in Italy. Arriving too late to see any real action, it was however used by both Poland and the ...
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Ansaldo SVA
The Ansaldo SVA (named for Savoia-Verduzio- Ansaldo) was a family of Italian reconnaissance biplane aircraft of World War I and the decade after. Originally conceived as a fighter, the SVA was found inadequate for that role. Nevertheless, its ...
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Bartel BM.5
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Breda A.2
The Breda A.2 was a small sport and touring aircraft developed in Italy in 1921.
Design and development
An advanced design for its time, the A.2 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a ...
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Breda A.3
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Breda A.9 and A.9bis
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CANT 7 __NOTOC__
The CANT 7 was a flying boat and training aircraft that was produced in Italy in the 1920s. It was a conventional biplane design with single-bay, unstaggered wings of equal span, with the single engine mounted below the upper wing. The ...
ter
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Caproni Ca.61a
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Caproni Ca.66
The Caproni Ca.66 was an Italian night bomber aircraft, bomber designed to reequip the post-World War I Italian Air Force. Only two examples of the four-engined biplane were built.
Design and development
From 1914 Caproni had produced a series ...
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SIAI S.50 S50 may refer to:
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Specifications
See also
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
* ''Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I''. London. Studio Editions Ltd, 1993.
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1910s aircraft piston engines
Straight-six engines