SIAI S.9

Infobox Aircraft
name=SIAI S.9


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type=Flying boat
manufacturer=S.I.A.I.
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first flight=1918
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primary user=Italian Air Force
more users=Finnish Air Force
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SIAI Savoia S.9 was an Italian flying boat from 1918. It was manufactured by "Societa Idrovolanti Alta Italia" (S.I.A.I.). The S.9 might be a development of the French FBA flying boat.

Use in Finland

The Finnish Air Force had one S.9 flying boat, which had been a gift from Italy to Finland. It was destroyed in May 1920 while attempting to land on the water. Major Mikkola who had been flying the plane then went to Italy to get two more S.9s, that had been funded by a Finnish tobacco industrialist. Both aircraft were destroyed in the Alps due to their bad quality propellers and since the Finns had gone flying in rain, which the Italians had warned would destroy the propellers.

pecifications (S.9)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=Suomen Ilmavoimat I

crew=2
capacity=
length main=10 m
length alt=32 ft 10 in
span main=13.2 m
span alt=43 ft 4 in
height main=3.9 m
height alt=12 ft 9 in
area main= m²
area alt= ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= kg
empty weight alt= lb
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
useful load main= kg
useful load alt= kg
max takeoff weight main=1,740 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 3,828 lb
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engine (prop)=Fiat A.12bis
type of prop=
number of props=1
power main=224 kW
power alt=300 hp
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max speed main=140 km/h
max speed alt= 75 knots, 86 mph
cruise speed main= km/h
cruise speed alt= knots, mph
stall speed main= km/h
stall speed alt= knots, mph
never exceed speed main= km/h
never exceed speed alt= knots, mph
range main= km
range alt= nm, mi
ceiling main= m
ceiling alt= ft
climb rate main= m/min
climb rate alt=
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main=W/kg
power/mass alt=hp/lb
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armament=
* 1 × machine gun
* 50 kg (110 lb) of bombs
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ee also

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* List of seaplanes and flying boats
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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.