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Savoia-Marchetti S.65

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Savoia-Marchetti S.65
Role Racing seaplane
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Savoia-Marchetti
First flight 1929
Number built 1

The Savoia-Marchetti S.65 was an Italian racing seaplane built for the 1929 Schneider Trophy race.

Design and development

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The S.65 was a single-seat twin-engine floatplane of low-wing monoplane configuration with two floats. Its tailplane was supported by two booms and the floats, which extended well toward the rear of the aircraft. Its two 745-kilowatt (1,000-horsepower) Isotta Fraschini engines were mounted in tandem, each driving a two-bladed propeller, one in the nose in a tractor configuration and the other at the rear of the fuselage in a pusher configuration.[1]

Operational history

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The S.65 was excluded from the 1929 race due to mechanical problems, and Italy was instead represented in the race by one Macchi M.52R and two Macchi M.67 seaplanes.[2]

Tommaso Dal Molin of the Italian Schneider Trophy racing team was killed flying the S.65 during training at Lake Garda in northern Italy on January 18, 1930.[3]

Operators

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 Kingdom of Italy

Specifications

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Data from [4]

General characteristics

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 640 km/h (400 mph, 350 kn) estimated

See also

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Related lists

Notes

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  1. ^ Vašiček, Aviation History, September 2002, p. 35.
  2. ^ Vašiček, Aviation History, September 2002, p. 35.
  3. ^ Schneider Trophy History
  4. ^ Vašiček, Radko, "When Seaplanes Ruled the Sky," Aviation History, September 2002

References

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