Savoia-Marchetti
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History
The original company was founded in 1915 as SIAI (Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia - SeaplaneSeaplane
A seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibian aircraft...
company of Northern Italy). After World War I gained the name Savoia, when it acquired the Società Anonima Costruzioni Aeronautiche Savoia, an Italian aircraft company founded by Umberto Savoia in 1915.
The name Marchetti was added when chief designer Alessandro Marchetti
Alessandro Marchetti (aircraft engineer)
Alessandro Marchettí was an Italian engineer and airplane designer. Marchetti was born in Sesto Calende, Italy, and died in Rome. He was best known for having created the Savoia-Marchetti SM.93, a World War II bomber aircraft....
joined the company in 1922. Shortly after, the company began to develop a reputation for very fast, well performing aircraft. With the development of the wildly successful S.55
Savoia-Marchetti S.55
|-References:NotesBibliography* Yenne, Bill. Seaplanes & Flying Boats: A Timeless Collection from Aviation's Golden Age. New York: BCL Press, 2003. ISBN 1-932302-03-4.-External links:* *...
flying boat
Flying boat
A flying boat is a fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a float plane as it uses a purpose-designed fuselage which can float, granting the aircraft buoyancy. Flying boats may be stabilized by under-wing floats or by wing-like projections from the fuselage...
, Savoia-Marchetti exploded onto the aviation scene as a dominant manufacturer. Savoia-Marchetti became famous for series flying boats and seaplanes, which set numerous endurance and speed records. Favoured by Air Marshall Italo Balbo
Italo Balbo
Italo Balbo was an Italian Blackshirt leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force , Governor-General of Libya, Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa , and the "heir apparent" to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.After serving in...
, the company began rapidly prototyping and developing a number of other aircraft, increasingly focusing on warplanes in the lead-up to World War II. However, most of S.M.'s manufacturing capabilities were destroyed in World War Two. It was renamed SIAI-Marchetti in 1943.
SIAI-Marchetti only survived in post war Italy by building trucks and railway equipment. However it still struggled with insolvency for 6 years after the war before declaring bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
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in 1951. In 1953, the company re-opened as a shadow of its former self. It began to focus increasingly on helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
s in the 1970s and was eventually purchased by the aerospace firm Agusta
Agusta
Agusta is an Italian helicopter manufacturer. It is based in Samarate, Northern Italy. It is a subsidiary of Finmeccanica. The company was founded by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923, who flew his first airplane in 1907...
in 1983.
Aircraft
- SIAI S.8SIAI S.8-See also:...
- two-seat reconnaissance flying boat (1917) - SIAI S.9SIAI S.9|-References:* Keskinen, Kalevi; Partonen, Kyösti and Stenman, Kari: Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27, 2005. ISBN 952-99432-2-9.* Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari and Niska, Klaus: Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet 1918-1939, Tietoteos, 1976....
- two-seat flying boat (1918) - SIAI S.12SIAI S.12-See also:...
- two-seat reconnaissance flying boat (1918) and racing seaplane (as Savoia S.12, 1920) - SIAI S.13SIAI S.13|-See also:...
- two-seat reconnaissance flying boat (ca. 1919) - SIAI S.16 - flying boat (1919)
- SIAI S.17SIAI S.17|-See also:-References:* *...
- racing flying boat (1920) - SIAI S.19SIAI S.19|-See also:-References:*...
- racing flying boat (1920) - SIAI S.21SIAI S.21|-See also:-References:*Japanese Wikipedia SIAI S.21*...
- racing flying boat (1921) - SIAI S.22SIAI S.22|-See also:-References:*...
- racing flying boat (1921) - SIAI S.50 - 1922 redesignation of Marchetti MVTMarchetti MVT-References:*Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Aircraft Built and Flown. New York: SMITHMARK Publishers, 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8....
fighter prototype (1919) - SIAI S.51SIAI S.51|-See also:-References:**Italian Wikipedia Savoia-Marchetti S.51******Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Aircraft Built and Flown. New York: SMITHMARK Publishers, 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8.*Vašiček, Radko. "When...
- racing flying boat (1922) - SIAI S.52 -- fighter prototype (1924)
- Savoia-Marchetti S.55Savoia-Marchetti S.55|-References:NotesBibliography* Yenne, Bill. Seaplanes & Flying Boats: A Timeless Collection from Aviation's Golden Age. New York: BCL Press, 2003. ISBN 1-932302-03-4.-External links:* *...
- double-hulled flying boat (1924) - Savoia-Marchetti S.56Savoia-Marchetti S.56|-See also:-Bibliography:This page contains material originally created for ...
- three-seat trainer/touring flying boat (1924) - Savoia-Marchetti S.57Savoia-Marchetti S.57|-See also:-Bibliography:* Donald, David, ed. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, p.820, "Savoia-Marchetti S.57". Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997....
- reconnaissance flying boat (1923) - SIAI S.58SIAI S.58-References:*Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Aircraft Built and Flown. New York: SMITHMARK Publishers, 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8....
- single-seat flying boat fighter prototype (1924) - Savoia-Marchetti S.59Savoia-Marchetti S.59|-See also:-References:* Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis: "La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300 pp....
- reconnaissance/bomber flying boat (1925) - Savoia-Marchetti S.62Savoia-Marchetti SM.62|-See also:-References:Lembo, Daniele SM.78, Storia Militare N.19, Westward editions, pagg. 43-49.-External links:*...
- bomber/reconnaissance flying boat (1926) - Savoia-Marchetti S.65Savoia-Marchetti S.65-See also:-References:*Vašiček, Radko. "When Seaplanes Ruled the Sky." Aviation History, September 2002.*...
- twin engined push/pull racing seaplane (1929) - Savoia-Marchetti S.66Savoia-Marchetti S.66The 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:...
- 22-passenger flying boat (1931) - Savoia-Marchetti S.71 - eight-passenger light transport (1930)
- Savoia-Marchetti S.72Savoia-Marchetti S.72-External Links:* various rare photos. note - statement that S.72 was sent to Ethiopia is untrue...
- bomber/transport (1934) - Savoia-Marchetti S.73Savoia-Marchetti S.73|-References:* Lembo, Daniele,SIAI 81 Pipistrello, Aerei nella Storia, n.33....
- 18-passenger airliner/transport (1934) - Savoia-Marchetti S.74Savoia-Marchetti S.74|-See also:...
- airliner (1934) - Savoia-Marchetti SM.62Savoia-Marchetti SM.62|-See also:-References:Lembo, Daniele SM.78, Storia Militare N.19, Westward editions, pagg. 43-49.-External links:*...
- reconnaissance flying boat (1926) - SIAI S.67SIAI S.67-References:*Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Aircraft Built and Flown. New York: SMITHMARK Publishers, 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8....
- single-seat flying boat fighter (1930) - Savoia-Marchetti SM.74 - airliner/transport (1934)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.75Savoia-Marchetti SM.75The Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale 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 tailwheel undercarriage....
- airliner/transport (1937) - Savoia-Marchetti SM.76 - airliner/transport (1939)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.77
- Savoia-Marchetti S.78 - bomber/reconnaissance flying boat (1932)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 SparvieroSavoia-Marchetti SM.79The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero was a three-engined Italian medium bomber with a wood and metal structure. Originally designed as a fast passenger aircraft, this low-wing monoplane, in the years 1937–39, set 26 world records that qualified it for some time as the fastest medium bomber in the...
- bomber (1934) - Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 PipistrelloSavoia-Marchetti SM.81The Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello was a three-engine bomber/transport aircraft serving in the Italian Regia Aeronautica during World War II...
- bomber/transport (1935) - Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 CanguruSavoia-Marchetti SM.82The Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 was an Italian bomber and transport aircraft of World War II. It was a cantilever, mid-wing monoplane trimotor with a retractable, tailwheel undercarriage...
- heavy bomber/transport (1939) - Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 - 10-passenger transport (1937)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.84Savoia-Marchetti SM.84The Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 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 three-engine layout...
- medium bomber/torpedo bomber (1940) - Savoia-Marchetti SM.85Savoia-Marchetti SM.85The 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...
- dive bomber (1936) - Savoia-Marchetti SM.86 - dive bomber (1940)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.87 - floatplane version of SM.75 (1940)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.88 - twin-engined heavy fighter prototype (1939)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.89Savoia-Marchetti SM.89-Sources:*Lembo, Daniele, i distruttori della Regia, Aerei nella Storia n.46, pag. 9-11....
- bomber (1941) - Savoia-Marchetti SM.90 - prototype transport (re-engined SM.75)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.91 - twin-engined heavy fighter prototype (1943)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.92 - twin-engined heavy fighter prototype (1943)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 - dive bomber (1943)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.95Savoia-Marchetti SM.95|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Angelucci, Enzi. World Encyclopedia of Civil Aircraft. London: Willow Books, 1984. ISBN 0-00-218148-7....
- transport/airliner (1943) - SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 RivieraSIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera-See also:-External links:*...
- luxury touring amphibian flying boat (1952) - SIAI-Marchetti S.205SIAI-Marchetti S.205|-See also:-References:*Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966–67. London:Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1966....
- SIAI-Marchetti S.210SIAI-Marchetti S.210|-See also:...
- SIAI Marchetti F.260 - aerobatics plane and a military trainer (1964)