Savoia-Pomilio SP.1

SP.1
Role Reconnaissance and bomber aircraft
National origin Italy
Manufacturer SIA
Designer Umberto Savoia and Ottorino Pomilio
First flight 1916
Number built 1


The Savoia-Pomilio SP.1 was a reconnaissance and bomber aircraft built in Italy during the First World War.[1] It was designed by Major Umberto Savoia and Lieutenant Ottorino Pomilio based on the Farman MF.11 that SIA was building under licence as the SIA 5b.[2] While the SP.1 shared the same basic configuration as the 5b, it was a larger and stronger aircraft.[2] The pilot and observer sat in tandem in an open nacelle with the engine mounted pusher-fashion at its rear.[2] This nacelle was mounted on struts in the gap between biplane wings, and a twin-tail arrangement linked by a common horizontal stabiliser was carried on booms that extended aft from the wings.[2] SIA built the prototype at its factory in Turin, and while this was the only example constructed, it served as the basis for a number of follow-on designs,[2] the SP.2, SP.3, and SP.4, which were built in large numbers.[1]


Specifications

Data from "Savoja-Pomilio S.p.1"

General characteristics

Performance


Notes

  1. 1 2 Taylor 1989, p.793
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft p.2897

References

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