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Type: Caproni Ca 101 three crew medium bomber and eight passenger transport.
Max Speed: 103 mph at 3,280 ft.
Climb Rate: 16,405 ft in 40 minutes 30 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 20,015 ft.
Range: 1,243 miles.
Armament: two or three 0.303-in (7.7-mm) machine guns ( one on dorsal position and one or two in ventral position), and up to 1,102 lb of bombs.
Photo: Musee de 1 Air
A CA 101 being refueled during the Abyssinian war.

 

  
Type: Fiat CR.25bis three seat escort and strategic reconnaissance plane. 
Max Speed: 304 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb rate:  ???
Service Ceiling: 26,575 ft.
Range: 1,305 miles. 
Armament: two fixed and one trainable 0.5-in (12.7-mm) machine guns and up to 1,105 lb of bombs.
Photo: Musee de 1 Air

 
The CR.25bis had considerable potential, but was hampered by a gun armament soon revealed by operations as too week for both offensive and defensive purposes.

 

Type: Fiat BR.20M five seat medium bomber. 
Max Speed: was 273 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate: 19,685 ft in 25 minutes 0 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 26,240 ft.
Range: 1,709 miles.
Armament: three trainable 0.5-in (12.7-mm) machine guns, in nose and ventral position, and up to 3,528 lb of bombs.
Photo: Musee de 1 Air
At the time of its service debut in 1936, the BR.20 had claims to being the world's most advanced bomber. It was soon overtaken by the pace of development in the Second World War.

 

Type: Fiat G.12T four crew transport. 
Max Speed: was 242 mph at 16,405 ft.
Climb Rate: ??? ft.
Service Ceiling: 22,965 ft.
Range: 1,491 miles.
Payload: 22 troops or freight. 
Photo: Musee de 1 Air
The G.12T remained in service after the Second World War.

 

Type: Ansaldo A.300/4 two seat reconnaissance and general purpose aircraft.
Max Speed: 124 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate: 16,405 ft. 33 minutes 30 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 18,045 ft.
Range: endurance  3 hours 30 minutes.
Armament: two fixed and one trainable 0.303-in (7.7-mm) machine guns.
Photo: MMusee de 1'Air
The A.300/4 was an effective aircraft by the standards of the day, and the sale of some 700 aircraft to the new Italian air force was a considerable commercial croup for the manufacturer.

 

Type: Partenavia p.68 observer two/seven seat patrol and observation aircraft.
Max Speed: 200 mph. at sea level.
Climb Rate: 1,600 per minute.
Service Ceiling: 20,000 ft.
Range: 1,358 miles.
Armament: none
Photo: Coll Avia News
This P.68 Observer of the Italian police carries a video surveillance sensor in the extreme nose of the high visibility cockpit.

 

Type: Aeritalia G222 three crew tactical transport.
Max Speed: 336 mph. at 15,000 ft.
Climb Rate: 1,706 ft per minute.
Service Ceiling: 25,000 ft.
Range: 851 miles with maximum payload.
Payload: 53 troops, or 40 paratroops, or 19,841 lb. of freight.
Photo: M Rostaing
A G222 tactical transport of the Italian air force.

 

Type: Caproni Ca 133 three crew light bomber and transport.
Max Speed: 174 mph. at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 18,045 ft.
Range: 839 miles.
Armament: four 0.303-in (7.7-mm) trainable machine guns, and up to 1,102 lb. of bombs.
Photo: Musee de 1'Air
The Ca 133 was extensively used as a bomber and transport by the Italian air force in its colonial campaigns of the later 1930s.

 

Type: Breda Ba.65 single seat ground attack aircraft.
Max Speed: 258  mph. at 16,405 ft.
Climb Rate: 13,125 ft. in 8 minutes 40 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 25,590 ft.
Range: 342 miles.
Armament: two 0.5-in (12.7-mm) and two 0.303-in (7.7-mm) fixed machine guns, and up to 2,205 lb. of bombs.
Photo: Musee de 1'Air
The Ba.65 resulted from a hopelessly overambitious requirement, and was a poor warplane even in the single seat role finally adopted.

 

Type: Caproni Ca.3 three/four seat heavy bomber.
Max Speed: 87 mph. at sea level.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 13,450 ft.
Range: 280 miles
Armament: two or four 7.7-mm (0.303-in) machine guns and up to 992 lb. of bombs.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
Despite its somewhat unusual and ungainly appearance, the Ca.3 was amongst the best bombers of the First World War.

 

Type: Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello six crew bomber and transport.
Max Speed: 211 mph. at 3,280 ft.
Climb Rate: 9,845 ft. in 12 minutes 0 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 22,965 ft.
Range: 1,243 miles.
Armament: five 0.303-in (7.7-mm) machine guns in two-gun dorsal and ventral positions, and single lateral positions, and up to 4,409 lb. of bombs.
Photo: Musee de 1'Air
The SM.81 was widely used in the Spanish Civil War, and these examples sport the markings of the bombs.

 

Type: Piaggio PD-808EMC five seat electronic warfare aircraft.
Max Speed: 529 mph at 19,685 ft.
Climb Rate: 5,415 ft per minutes.
Service Ceiling: 44,950 ft.
Range: 1,322 miles.
Armament: none.
Photo: M Rostaing
Except for its antennae and other special features, the PD-808EMC is very similar to the PD-808TA utility model.

 

 

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