Italian Aircraft 1920-1929 - Italian Airliners 1920-1929, Italian Civil Utility Aircraft 1920-1929, Italian Experimental Aircraft 1920-1929 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 203. Not illustrated. Chapters: Italian Airliners 1920-1929, Italian Civil Utility Aircraft 1920-1929, Italian Experimental Aircraft 1920-1929, Italian Fighter Aircraft 1920-1929, Italian Military Reconnaissance Aircraft 1920-1929, Italian Patrol Aircraft 1920-1929, Italian Special-Purpose Aircraft 1920-1929, Italian Sport Aircraft 1920-1929, Airship Italia, Savoia-Marchetti S.64, Caproni Ca.101, Cant 25, Piaggio P.7, Macchi M.67, Norge, Savoia-Marchetti S.55, Siai S.51, Macchi M.70, Savoia-Marchetti S.56, Savoia-Marchetti Sm.62, Siai S.52, Fiat C.29, Fiat Cr.1, Gabardini G.9, Savoia-Marchetti S.59, Caproni Ca.73, Fiat As.1, Siai S.58, Macchi M.39, Fiat Cr.20, Piaggio P.2, Macchi M.41, Gabardini G.8, Ansaldo A.120, Macchi M.17, Macchi M.33, Siai S.21, Siai S.17, Macchi M.52, Imam Ro.5, Macchi M.53, Siai S.19, Piaggio P.8, Caproni Ca.71, Macchi M.26, Siai S.22, Savoia-Marchetti S.65, Caproni Ca.70, Breda A.7, Piaggio P.6, Fiat G.2, Breda Ba.15, Cant 10, Caproni Ca.60, Cant 22, Macchi M.19, Caproni Ca.97, Savoia-Marchetti S.57, Cant 6, Macchi M.15, Breda A.2, Siai S.9, Imam Ro.10. Excerpt: Airship Italia was a semi-rigid airship used by Italian engineer Umberto Nobile in his second series of flights around the North Pole. Italia was an N-class semi-rigid airship, designation N-4. In design it was almost identical to the N-1 Norge but larger in gas capacity. Little is known of airship N-2. Airship N-3 was sold to Japan and became "Naval Airship No. 6." Nobile and some of his staff traveled to Japan in 1926 or 1927 to deliver this airship. According to Italian sources, airship N-5 (which was larger and had three times the lifting capacity of N-1) was Nobile's preferred design for the Arctic expedition, but when funding was refused by the Italian government he built N-4 with the assistance of private backers and the City of Milan. In ...