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Aircraft:
Ansaldo SVA.9
- Reg: 13148 photos
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Serial #:
89
- Airline: Italy - Air Force
- Photo Date: Jun 16, 2023
- Uploaded: Jul 01, 2023
- Pratica di Mare Mario de Bernardi Air Force Base - LIRE, Italy
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[1800px] Exhibited on static display during the airshow for the Centenary of the Italian Air Force. The S.V.A. were a family of Italian reconnaissance and bomber biplanes, developed in the second phase of the First World War. Protagonists of various feats, such as the flight over Vienna with Gabriele D'Annunzio in 1918 or the Rome-Tokyo raid by Arturo Ferrarin and Guido Masiero in 1920, they achieved moderate success in exports, and around 2000 were built. The design of this biplane began in 1916 by Rodolfo Verduzio and Umberto Savoja, two of the pioneers of the Italian aeronautics. The name of the aircraft, S.V.A, was precisely an acronym of the initials of the surnames of the two designers and the manufacturer: Savoia, Verduzio, Ansaldo. Once the project had been defined, the Ansaldo shipyards in Genoa were chosen to build the first prototypes. Following the flight tests, it emerged that with its 220 km/h the aircraft was significantly faster than the main Italian fighters, Hanriot HD.1 and SPAD S.VII, even detaching them by 40 km/h. It was also faster than the Austrian fighters, but proved unwieldy. For this reason the aircraft was adapted to the role of reconnaissance and light bomber. Among the specimens exported to the United States, the specimen that has survived until today was purchased in autumn 1988 by AERITALIA (now ALENIA AERMACCHI) by Mr H.S. Fyfield, who had found it in a barn in Peekskill (New York) in 1956, was transferred to Turin in early February 1989 by air transport. In the years following its discovery, the aircraft underwent restoration by Reno Brenner of
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[1800px] Exhibited on static display during the airshow for the Centenary of the Italian Air Force. The S.V.A. were a family of Italian reconnaissance and bomber biplanes, developed in the second phase of the First World War. Protagonists of various feats, such as the flight over Vienna with Gabriele D'Annunzio in 1918 or the Rome-Tokyo raid by Arturo Ferrarin and Guido Masiero in 1920, they achieved moderate success in exports, and around 2000 were built. The design of this biplane began in 1916 by Rodolfo Verduzio and Umberto Savoja, two of the pioneers of the Italian aeronautics. The name of the aircraft, S.V.A, was precisely an acronym of the initials of the surnames of the two designers and the manufacturer: Savoia, Verduzio, Ansaldo. Once the project had been defined, the Ansaldo shipyards in Genoa were chosen to build the first prototypes. Following the flight tests, it emerged that with its 220 km/h the aircraft was significantly faster than the main Italian fighters, Hanriot HD.1 and SPAD S.VII, even detaching them by 40 km/h. It was also faster than the Austrian fighters, but proved unwieldy. For this reason the aircraft was adapted to the role of reconnaissance and light bomber. Among the specimens exported to the United States, the specimen that has survived until today was purchased in autumn 1988 by AERITALIA (now ALENIA AERMACCHI) by Mr H.S. Fyfield, who had found it in a barn in Peekskill (New York) in 1956, was transferred to Turin in early February 1989 by air transport. In the years following its discovery, the aircraft underwent restoration by Reno Brenner ofCamera
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- Reg: 13148 photos
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Aircraft:
Ansaldo SVA.9
- Airline: Italy - Air Force
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Serial #:
89
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Photo Location
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Pratica di Mare Mario de Bernardi Air Force Base - LIRE
- Italy
