Savoia-Marchetti S.56

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type=biplane flying boat
manufacturer=Savoia-Marchetti
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The Savoia-Marchetti S.56 was an Italian single-engine biplane flying boat trainer and tourer, built by Savoia-Marchetti.

Of unequal span, the upper longer than the lower, [Donald, David, ed. "Encyclopedia of World Aircraft" (Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997), p.820, "Savoia-Marchetti S.56".] of wooden construction. Instructor and student sat side-by-side in separate cockpits, with dual controls; a third cockpit was located just aft that. It used a 52 kW (70 hp) Anzani.

The S.56A had a slightly longer span and 60 kW (80 hp) Anzani, and turned into amphibians by addition of manually-rectractable landing gear. Private owners and flying clubs purchased at least twelve, [Donald, p.820, "Savoia-Marchetti S.56".] and "Regia Aeronautica" operated four [Donald, p.820, "Savoia-Marchetti S.56".] (differing in engine specification, including 96 kW {115 hp} FIAT A.53, 101 kW {135 hp} FIAT A.54, and Walter Venus radials, among others).

The S.56A proved popular in the U.S., and the American Aeronautical Corporation set up licence production in 1929, relying on the 90 hp (67 kW) Kinner K5 radials for power for three two-place aircraft and over forty three-seaters. [Donald, p.820, "Savoia-Marchetti S.56".]

This was followed in 1930 by the S.56B, powered by the 125 hp (93 kW) Kinner B-5, with an enclosed cockpit. Another was converted to a single-seater and given additional fuel tanks, as the S.56C, for an attempted round-the-world flight by American businessman Zachery Reynolds. [Donald, p.820, "Savoia-Marchetti S.56".]

In 1932, Budd built an all-metal S.56 as the Budd BB.1.

Operators

* "Regia Aeronautica"

pecifications (S.56B)

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*List of military aircraft of the United States

References

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Bibliography

* Donald, David, ed. "Encyclopedia of World Aircraft", p.854, "Standard aircraft". Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997.

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