Breda Ba.44

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name=Ba.44


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type=Airliner
manufacturer= Società Italiana Ernesto Breda
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first flight=1934
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primary user= Ala Littoria
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The Breda Ba.44 was a biplane airliner developed in Italy in the mid-1930s and which saw limited military service when impressed into the Regia Aeronautica as transports.

Design and development

The design of the Ba.44 was developed from that of the de Havilland Dragon Rapide, for which Breda had purchased a manufacturing licence. Breda engineers believed that making some changes would better suit the aircraft to the company's manufacturing techniques, the biggest differences in the prototype Ba.44 being the design of the cockpit and empennage, and the change to locally-produced Colombo S.63 engines. In production, however, these were changed back to the same de Havilland Gipsy Six engines as the Dragon Rapide.

Operational history

Four examples were purchased by Ala Littoria, which utilized it on its Albanian routes, while the prototype was sold to the Regia Aeronautica, which deployed it as a VIP transport and air ambulance in Libya. The pleasing performance of the aircraft in this role led to the air force impressing the civil Ba.44s in 1936, and the government of Paraguay purchasing one as an air ambulance as well. Besides North Africa, the Ba.44s saw service in the Italian campaigns in Albania, Greece, and Yugoslavia.

Operators

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*"Ala Littoria" received 4 aircraft, all were took over by military aviation.
*"Regia Aeronautica" received prototype and took over four civilian aircraft in 1936.;PAR
* Government of Paraguay bought one aircraft in air ambulance variant.

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crew=One pilot
capacity=9 passengers
length m=10.50
length ft=34
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span m=14.65
span ft=48
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height m=3.20
height ft=10
height in=6
wing area sqm=31.2
wing area sqft=336
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empty weight kg=1,520
empty weight lb=3,350
gross weight kg=2,820
gross weight lb=6,220
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eng1 number=2
eng1 type=de Havilland Gipsy Six inverted inlines
eng1 kw= 138
eng1 hp= 185
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max speed kmh=248
max speed mph=155
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range km=860
range miles=536
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ceiling m=5,800
ceiling ft=19,020
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References

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* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/cw1/ba44.html Уголок неба]

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de Havilland Dragon Rapide

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* ← Ba.33 - Ba.39 - Ba.42 - Ba.44 - Ba.46 - Ba.64 - Ba.65 →

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