SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian

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primarily active during the

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History

The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' -

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Company of Upper Italy). As suggested by its name, the firm initially specialised in the manufacture of seaplanes, the vast majority of which were intended for the Italian armed forces. Perhaps its most prominent early aircraft was the

SIAI S.16 The SIAI S.16 was an Italian passenger flying boat, later serving as a military reconnaissance-bomber, claimed to be the most successful flying-boat of the 1920s. Design and development The first flying boat designed by the Societa Idrovolanti ...

, a seaplane that had been configured to perform both

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and

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roles, but also proved itself quite capable of long-distance flights. During 1925, Italian aviator

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of the ''

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'' (Italian Royal Air Force) used an SIAI S.16''ter'' he named ''Genariello'' for a record-setting flight from

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and

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to demonstrate his idea that seaplanes were superior to landplanes for long-distance flights. Having departed Rome on 21 April, Pinedo and his mechanic, Ernesto Campanelli, visited dozens of countries, often stopping for multiple weeks at a time, particularly in Australia, before successfully arriving in Tokyo on 26 September 1925.italystl.com De Pinedo’s Milestone Flights Australia - Japan - America
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in 1915. The name Marchetti was added to the company's name shortly following the recruitment of its long-serving chief designer, Alessandro Marchetti, during 1922. Savoia-Marchetti gained prominence with the innovative S.55

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. During 1926, the S.55P

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successfully established 14 separate world records in categories including speed, altitude, and distance with a payload. Production models were produced for both civilian and military export customers; numerous S.55s were used during the Second World War and for a number of years beyond the conflict, despite the arrival of many newer types. Savoia-Marchetti became relatively well known for its flying boats and seaplanes, aided by the numerous endurance and speed records that had been set by its products. The company earned the favour of numerous Italian officials, including Air Marshal

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. Accordingly, the company was involved in the rapid development and prototyping of a wide portfolio of aircraft types during the 1930s. One such aircraft was the

SM.75 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 ''Marsupiale'' (Italian language, Italian: marsupial) was an Italian passenger and military transport aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s. It was a low-wing, trimotor monoplane of mixed metal and wood construction with a r ...

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transport aircraft, which was developed in response to an enquiry by the Italian

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for a modern, middle- to long-range

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and

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; it featured an early implementation of retractable main

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and was capable of long-range missions, such as transporting up to 24 passengers over 1,000 miles.Angelucci and Matricardi 1978, p. 207.Rosselli, p. 20. Another was the SM.81 ''Pipistrello'', which became the first three-engine

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aircraft to be adopted by the

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'';Angelucci and Matricardi 1978, p. 188. furthermore, it would be one of the most flexible, reliable, and important aircraft operated by the service through the Second World War, transitioning from a front-line bomber to various second-line duties towards the conflict's latter years.Sutherland 2009, p. 31.Neulen 2000, pp. 85-86. The company became increasingly focused on the construction of military aircraft during the lead-up to, and throughout the majority of, World War II. In particular, the SM.79 ''Sparviero'' trimotor Italian

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has been claimed by aviation authors Enzo Angelucci and Paolo Matricardi as being the best-known Italian aeroplane of the conflict.Angelucci and Matricardi 1978, p. 198. Performing its first flight on 28 September 1934, early examples of the type established 26 separate world records between 1937 and 1939, qualifying the SM.79 for some time as being the fastest medium bomber in the world.Arena et al. 1994, p. 7. It was operated in various capacities during the war, initially focusing on its transport and medium-bomber duties. The SM.79 was developed into an effective

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, in which capacity it achieved numerous successes against Allied shipping in the

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theater.Arena et al. 1994, p. 9. During 1943, the company was rebranded as SIAI-Marchetti. As the conflict turned in favour of the Allies, the company's manufacturing facilities were a particularly high-priority target for enemy bombers, leading to their virtual destruction by the final months of WWII. The firm continued to make efforts to design and produce new aircraft, such as the SM-93

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during 1944, but the economic consequences of the costly war made such ambitions unrealistic at best. During the immediate

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era, SIAI-Marchetti endeavoured to survive within the commercially inhospitable climate by diversifying into the manufacture of various items of railway equipment and

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s. The company was relatively insolvent, operating as such for roughly six years following the conflict's end before being compelled to declare

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in September 1951. During the firm's bankruptcy, all of its staff were dismissed, although more than half were re-employed by the liquidator to complete outstanding orders. During 1953, the company re-emerged from the bankruptcy process, and quickly began to focus its development efforts on the emerging market for

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s. Largely as a result of its investment into helicopters, SIAI-Marchetti was acquired by Italian helicopter specialist

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during 1983. Its remaining fixed-wing assets were subsequently absorbed by the aircraft manufacturing interest

Aermacchi Aermacchi was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Formerly known as Aeronautica Macchi, the company was founded in 1912 by Giulio Macchi at Varese in north-western Lombardy as Nieuport-Macchi, to build Nieuport monoplanes under licence for the Ita ...

during 1997.

Aircraft

SIAI S.8 The SIAI S.8 was an Italian 1910s two-seat reconnaissance flying boat. Design and development The Societa Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) was formed in 1915 initially to build French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Somethi ...

- two-seat reconnaissance flying boat (1917) * SIAI S.9 - two-seat flying boat (1918) *

SIAI S.12 The SIAI S.12 was an Italian 1910s reconnaissance flying boat, and later Schneider Trophy racer. Design and development The Societa Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) refined the design of the SIAI S.9 into the SIAI S.12 a single-engined biplane reco ...

- two-seat reconnaissance flying boat (1918) and racing seaplane (as Savoia S.12, 1920) *

SIAI S.13 The SIAI S.13 was an Italian biplane reconnaissance flying-boat from 1919. Design and development Designed by the Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) as a smaller version of the earlier S.12, the S.13 was a single-engine biplane reconnaiss ...

- two-seat reconnaissance flying boat (ca. 1919) *

- flying boat (1919) *

SIAI S.17 The SIAI S.17 was an Italian racing flying boat built by SIAI for the 1920 Schneider Trophy The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider, also known as the Schneider Trophy, Schneider Prize or (incorrectly) the Schneider Cup is a trophy tha ...

- racing flying boat (1920) * SIAI S.19 - racing flying boat (1920) *

SIAI S.21 The SIAI S.21 was an Italian racing flying boat built by SIAI for the 1921 Schneider Trophy race. Design and development The S.21 was a single-seat biplane flying boat with its upper wing being of shorter span that its lower wing. Its Ansal ...

- racing flying boat (1921) * SIAI S.22 - racing flying boat (1921) *

SIAI S.23 SIAI may refer to: * The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, an organization renamed in 2013 to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute The Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), formerly the Singularity Institute for ...

- biplane flying boat trainer (1922) * SIAI S.50 - 1922 redesignation of

Marchetti MVT The Marchetti MVT, later renamed SIAI S.50, was an Italian fighter of 1919 and the early 1920s. Design and development Alessandro Marchetti (1884–1966) designed the MVT (for "Marchetti-Vickers-Terni"), a single-seat, all-metal biplane with it ...

fighter prototype (1919) *

SIAI S.51 The SIAI S.51, Savoia Marchetti S.51 or Savoia S.51 was an Italian racing flying boat built by SIAI for the 1922 Schneider Trophy race. Design and development The S.51 was a single-seat sesquiplane flying boat. Its 224- kilowatt (300-horsepow ...

- racing flying boat (1922) * SIAI S.52 - fighter prototype (1924) *

Savoia-Marchetti S.55 The Savoia-Marchetti S.55 was a double-hulled flying boat produced in Italy, beginning in 1924. Shortly after its introduction, it began setting records for speed, payload, altitude and range. Design and development The S.55 featured many inn ...

- double-hulled flying boat (1924) * Savoia-Marchetti S.56 - three-seat trainer/touring flying boat (1924) *

Savoia-Marchetti S.57 The Savoia-Marchetti S.57 was an Italian single-engine biplane flying boat intended for aerial reconnaissance, built by Savoia-Marchetti for ''Regia Aeronautica'' after World War I. Design and development Of wooden construction with a single-s ...

- reconnaissance flying boat (1923) *

SIAI S.58 The SIAI S.58 or Savoia-Marchetti S.M.58 was an Italian flying boat fighter prototype of the 1920s designed and manufactured by SIAI. Design and development S.58 In 1924, the '' Regia Marina'' (Italian Royal Navy) issued a requirement for a ...

- single-seat flying boat fighter prototype (1924) *

Savoia-Marchetti S.59 The Savoia-Marchetti S.59 was a 1920s Italian reconnaissance/bomber flying boat designed and built by Savoia-Marchetti for the ''Regia Aeronautica'' (Italian Air Force). Development Developed as an updated version of the Savoia S.16 for the ''R ...

- reconnaissance/bomber flying boat (1925) * Savoia-Marchetti S.60 - high-speed monoplane bomber project (1925) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.62 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.62 was an Italian single-engine maritime patrol flying boat produced from 1926. It served with the ''Regia Aeronautica'' and with a number of foreign users, and was licence-produced in Spain and the Soviet Union. Some of th ...

- bomber/reconnaissance flying boat (1926) *

Savoia-Marchetti S.63 The Savoia-Marchetti S.63 was a single hull development of the Italian Savoia-Marchetti S.55 flying boat. It first flew as a bomber in 1927 but was rapidly converted into an airliner. The only S.63 built served with an Italian airline. Design a ...

- flying boat airliner, single-hull version of S.55 (1927) *

Savoia-Marchetti S.64 The Savoia-Marchetti S.64 was a monoplane developed in Italy in 1928 specifically to contest the world duration and distance records. Design The S.64 was an unusual pod-and-boom design, with the empennage carried on two open truss structures t ...

- record breaking aircraft (1928) *

Savoia-Marchetti S.65 The Savoia-Marchetti S.65 was an Italian racing seaplane built for the 1929 Schneider Trophy race. Design and development The S.65 was a single-seat twin-engine floatplane of low-wing monoplane configuration with two floats. Its tailplane was su ...

- twin engined push/pull racing seaplane (1929) *

Savoia-Marchetti S.66 The Savoia-Marchetti S.66 was a 1930s Italian twin-hull flying boat designed and built by Savoia-Marchetti as an enlarged development of the S.55. Development The S.66 was developed as an enlarged version of the S.55 with the aim of replacing ...

- 22-passenger flying boat (1931) *

SIAI S.67 The SIAI S.67 or Savoia Marchetti SM.67 was an Italian flying boat fighter of the early 1930s designed and manufactured by SIAI. Design and development In 1929, the '' Regia Marina'' (Italian Royal Navy) awarded a contract to SIAI to produce t ...

- single-seat flying boat fighter (1930) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.70 - high-speed attack/bomber project (1930s) *

Savoia-Marchetti S.71 __NOTOC__ The Savoia-Marchetti S.71 was an Italian eight-passenger light transport designed and built by Savoia-Marchetti. The S.71 was a three-engine, high-wing cantilever monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear. It had a crew of four and ...

- eight-passenger light transport (1930) * Savoia-Marchetti S.72 - bomber/transport (1934) *

Savoia-Marchetti S.73 The Savoia-Marchetti S.73 was an Italian three-engine airliner that flew in the 1930s and early 1940s. The aircraft entered service in March 1935 with a production run of 48 aircraft. Four were exported to Belgium for SABENA, while seven others ...

- 18-passenger airliner/transport (1934) *

Savoia-Marchetti S.74 The Savoia-Marchetti S.74 was a four-engine airliner developed by Savoia-Marchetti for ''Ala Littoria''. Design and development The prototype first flew on 16 November 1934. Only three were ever built. Operational history The aircraft were use ...

- airliner (1934) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 ''Marsupiale'' (Italian: marsupial) was an Italian passenger and military transport aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s. It was a low-wing, trimotor monoplane of mixed metal and wood construction with a retractable tailwhe ...

- airliner/transport (1937) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.76 (I) - projected four-engined version of SM.75 (1937); redesignated as SM.95 in 1939 * Savoia-Marchetti SM.76 (II) - SM.75 for LATI (1940) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.77 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.77 was an Italian transport seaplane developed by Savoia-Marchetti in the 1930s. It represented the latest development of the "double hull" formula started with the Savoia-Marchetti S.55 The Savoia-Marchetti S.55 wa ...

- flying boat airliner (1937) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.78 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.78 was an Italian bomber/reconnaissance biplane flying boat of the early 1930s. Development The SM.78 first flew at the end of 1932, designed for the role of maritime reconnaissance-bomber. It was one of the many flying ...

- bomber/reconnaissance flying boat (1932) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 ''Sparviero'' - medium bomber (1934) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.80 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.80 is a two-seat monoplane amphibian tourer, with a single, tractor engine mounted above the wing, designed in Italy in the early 1930s. The SM.80bis is a four-seat variant, powered by two pusher engines. Design and ...

- touring amphibian (1933) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 ''Pipistrello'' - bomber/transport (1935) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 ''Marsupiale'' - heavy bomber/transport (1939) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 was an Italian civil airliner of the 1930s. It was a civilian version of the Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 bomber. Design and development It was a monoplane, with retractable undercarriage, and a slim fuselage. Though the ...

- 10-passenger transport, civilized version of SM.79 (1937) *

Savoia-Marchetti S.84 The Savoia-Marchetti S.84 was an Italian twin-engined airliner developed in Italy, from the three-engined Savoia-Marchetti S.73; only the prototype was completed and the designation was re-used for the Savoia-Marchetti SM.84. Specificati ...

- prototype airliner developed from the S.73 (1936) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.84, not to be confused with the Savoia-Marchetti S.84 airliner prototype, was an Italian bomber aircraft of World War II. It was designed by Savoia-Marchetti as a replacement for its successful SM.79, and shared its thr ...

- medium bomber/torpedo bomber (1940) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 was an Italian monoplane dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft that served in small numbers in the ''Regia Aeronautica'' at the beginning of World War II. They were soon replaced in service by the Junkers Ju 87. ...

- dive bomber (1936) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.86 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 was an Italian monoplane dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft that served in small numbers in the ''Regia Aeronautica'' at the beginning of World War II. They were soon replaced in service by the Junkers Ju 87. ...

- dive bomber (1940) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.87 - floatplane version of SM.75 (1940) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.88 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.88, was an Italian twin-engined, three-seat, heavy fighter prototype of World War II, featuring a twin-boom structure, and powered by German Daimler-Benz DB 601 engines. The SM.88, intended for export, was a land-based, ...

- twin-engined heavy fighter prototype (1939) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.89 - ground attack (1941) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.90 - prototype transport developed from the SM.75 *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.91 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.91 was a two-seat, twin-engined, Italian heavy fighter prototype, designed to compete in a 1942 revision to a long-range fighter-bomber contract offered by the ''Regia Aeronautica'' to Italian aircraft companies in 1938. The ...

- prototype twin-engine long-range fighter-bomber (1943) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.92 - prototype twin-engine heavy fighter/bomber (1943) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 The Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 was an Italian dive bomber designed and produced in Italy from 1943. Design The SM-93 was an all-wood single-engined low-wing monoplane with retractable undercarriage. The fuselage had a monocoque structure, with a si ...

- dive bomber (1943) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.94 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

* Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 - transport/airliner (1943) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.96 (I) - projected cargo version of SM.95 (1942) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.96 (II) - projected single-seat monoplane fighter (1940s) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.96 (III) - projected twin-tail assault transport (1940s) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.97 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- four engine airliner study (1943?) *

Savoia-Marchetti SM.99 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- two or three engine transport study (1940s) *

SIAI-Marchetti SM.101 The SIAI-Marchetti SM.101 was a 1940s Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Ita ...

- single-engine transport aircraft (1947) * SIAI-Marchetti SM.102 - twin-engine transport aircraft (1949) *

SIAI-Marchetti SM.103 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- low-wing fighter-trainer project * SIAI-Marchetti SM.104 - twin engine, twin boom transport project (1946) * Savoia-Marchetti SM.105 ''Canguro'' - projected military/civil transport aircraft (1947) *

SIAI-Marchetti SM.106 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- four engine high-wing transport project * SIAI-Marchetti SM.107 - twin-engine low-wing transport project *

SIAI-Marchetti SM.10X SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- low-wing twin-engine jet fighter project (1949) * SIAI-Marchetti SM.109 - four engine high-wing cargo transport project * SIAI-Marchetti SM.110 ''Chimera II'' - four engine jet airliner project (1950) *

SIAI-Marchetti SM.112 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- twin-turboprop airliner project (1953-1957) *

SIAI-Marchetti SM.115 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggest ...

- transport aircraft project (1950s) *

SIAI-Marchetti SM.122 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- twin-turboprop airliner project (1953-1957) *

SIAI-Marchetti SM.132 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- twin-engine low-wing jetliner project (1953-1954) *

SIAI-Marchetti SM.133 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- twin-engine interceptor/fighter project *

SIAI-Marchetti SM.155 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- twin-hull transatlantic flying boat project (1944) *

SIAI-Marchetti SM.166 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- twin-hull flying boat project *

SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera The Nardi FN.333 Riviera, later the SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera, is an Italian luxury touring amphibious aircraft designed and developed by Fratelli Nardi in the 1950s and produced in small numbers by Savoia-Marchetti during the following decade ...

- luxury touring amphibian flying boat (1952) *

SIAI-Marchetti S.201 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- V/STOL transport project * SIAI-Marchetti S.202 - two-seat trainer, project sold to FFA * SIAI-Marchetti S.204 - twin turboprop light transport project (1960s) *

SIAI-Marchetti S.205 The SIAI-Marchetti S.205 is an Italian four-seat, single-engine, light airplane, manufactured by SIAI-Marchetti. The S.205 made its maiden flight in 1965. The Italian Air Force employs a version called S.208. Development The S.205 was the brain ...

- four-seat liaison aircraft (1965) *

SIAI-Marchetti S.206 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- projected 5-6 seat version of S.205 (1967?) * SIAI-Marchetti S.208 - 5-seat version of S.205 (1967) *

SIAI-Marchetti S.210 The SIAI-Marchetti S.210 was a 1970s Italian twin-engined cabin-monoplane designed and built by SIAI-Marchetti as a development of the single-engined SIAI-Marchetti S.205 The SIAI-Marchetti S.205 is an Italian four-seat, single-engine, light a ...

- twin-engined cabin aircraft (1970) *

SIAI-Marchetti S.211 The SIAI-Marchetti S.211 (later Aermacchi S-211) is a turbofan-powered military trainer aircraft designed and originally marketed by Italian aviation manufacturer SIAI-Marchetti. SIAI-Marchetti started to develop the S-211 in 1976 as a private ...

- two-seat jet trainer, light attack aircraft (1981) * SIAI-Marchetti S.226 - 22 passenger business jet project (1980s) *

SIAI-Marchetti S.229 SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...

- swept-wing canard twin engine jet aircraft project, enlarged version of S.226 (1980s) *

SIAI Marchetti SF.260 The SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 (now Leonardo SF-260) is an Italian light aircraft which has been commonly marketed as a military trainer and aerobatics aircraft. The SF.260 was designed by Italian aircraft designer Stelio Frati, while production wor ...

- aerobatics plane and a military trainer (1964) * SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019 - STOL liaison, observation aircraft (1969) * SIAI Marchetti SF.600 Canguro - feederliner aircraft (1978) *

SIAI-Marchetti S.700 The SIAI-Marchetti S.700 Cormorano was an Italian proposal for a twin-engined amphibian Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit ...

- general purpose amphibian aircraft (not built) *

FFA AS-202 Bravo The AS/SA 202 Bravo is a two to three-seat civil light aircraft jointly designed and manufactured by the Swiss company Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein (FFA) and the Italian company Savoia-Marchetti. The aircraft was designated the AS 202 in S ...

- two/three-seat light civil aircraft (1969)

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* Angelucci, Enzo and Paolo Matricardi. ''World Aircraft: World War II, Volume I'' (Sampson Low Guides). Maidenhead, UK: Sampson Low, 1978. . * * * Neulen, Hans Werner. ''In the skies of Europe - Air Forces allied to the Luftwaffe 1939–1945''. Ramsbury, Marlborough, THE CROWOOD PRESS, 2000. . * Rosselli, Alberto. "In the Summer of 1942, a Savoia-Marchetti Cargo Plane Made a Secret Flight to Japan." ''Aviation History''. January 2004. * Sutherland, Jon & Diane Canwell: ''Air War East Africa 1940–41 The RAF versus the Italian Air Force''. Barnsley (South Yorkshire) Pen and Sword Aviation, 2009. .

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