Macchi M.C.100

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type=Passenger flying boat
manufacturer=Macchi
designer=Mario Costoldi
first flight=1939
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variants with their own articles=The Macchi M.C.100 was an Italian commercial flying boat designed and built by Macchi.

Design and development

With a family resemblance to the military twin-engined Macchi M.C.99 and earlier Macchi M.C.94 the M.C.100 was a shoulder-wing cantilever monoplane flying-boat. Powered by three Alfa Romeo 126 RC 10 engines strut mounted above the wing each driving a tractor propeller. Room for the three crew was in a raised control cabin forward of the wing, a main cabin in the hull had accommodation for 26 passengers. The prototype first flew on the 7 January 1939. The prototype was followed by two more aircraft, and all three were in service by June 1940 with Ala Littoria operating between Rome-Algiers-Barcelona. With the start of the Second World War the aircraft was used for liaison and communication duties and to maintain a daily Rome-Marsala-Tripoli service.

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*Ala Littoria

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range miles=870
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References

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*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=|pages= 2398