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Breda Ba.25

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Evolved from the Ba.19A, the Ba.25 training biplane was powered by a Lynx or Castor engine. The Ba.25 was operated by the Regia Aeronautica as a landplane and as a twin-float seaplane.

Ba.25 Prototype
Wingspan: 10m
Wing chord: 719 mm
Seats: 1

Ba.25/D2
Engine: 1 x Alfa Romeo D-2 C.30, 250 hp / 175kW
Take-Off Weight: 1038 kg / 2288 lb
Loaded Weight: 790 kg / 1742 lb
Wingspan: 9.8 m / 32 ft 2 in
Length: 7.8 m / 25 ft 7 in
Height: 2.8 m / 9 ft 2 in
Wing Area: 25.0 sq.m / 269.10 sq ft
Cruise Speed: 195 km/h / 121 mph
Ceiling: 7500 m / 24600 ft
Range W/Max.Fuel: 500 km / 311 miles
Crew: 2

Ba.25/Lynx
Prod. version,
Engine: 215 hp Alfa Romeo Lynx
Seats: 2

Ba.25/Mezzo-Asso
Engine: 250 hp Isotta Fraschini Asso 200

Ba.25 Ridotto
Aerobatic vers. with reduced wingspan

Ba.25 I
Twin-float seaplane, enlarged rudder
42 built

Ba.25 bis
1932 improved vers.

Breda Ba.19

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A 1930 aerobatic biplane, single- and 2-seaters, 9 m span.

Forty-one production aircraft were built.

Variants:
Ba.19: Prototype, 1 x 200 hp Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx radial

Ba.19: Production vers. (early) 1 x 240 hp Walter Castor radial

Ba.19: Production vers. (late) 1 x 215 hp Alfa Romeo Lynx
23 built

Ba.19 bis: Improved vers. 1- and 2-seaters, 215 hp AR Lynx
18 built

Ba.19 ter: 2-seat vers, 1 x 260 hp AS Cheetah IIA radial
1 built

Breda Ba.15

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The Italian Air Ministry put forward a programme for the encouragement of Civil Aviation, with the result that the ” light ‘plane “, or medium-powered touring aeroplane, as it is classed in Italy, received a large share of attention from aircraft designers. Several were produced by various firms in Italy, among them the Breda Co., with the Breda 15.

The Breda 15 is a high wing monoplane, equipped with an 85 h.p. Walter air-cooled radial engine, although other power plants of similar horse-power can be installed. It is a two-seater tandem machine with an enclosed roomy cabin, formed by extending the top of the fuselage from the tail up to the level of the wings, the roof, front and sides, in the vicinity of the seats being composed of windows. The seats are designed that parachutes can be carried without discomfort. Access to the cabin, which is 2 ft 3 in. wide, and 4 ft. high, is by way of two doors in the side of the fuselage. Empty weight is 926 lb.

Construction is a combination of wood and steel tubing, emboding several features of previous Breda practice, incorporating many interchangeable parts. The wing has a factor of safety of 7. The incidence of the ailerons may be varied independent of and without interfering with their normal duties of lateral control.

The Breda patent dual control is fitted, in which the pilot, who normally occupies the rear seat, can disconnect the front controls during flight.

The cabin instruments include air speed indicator, revolution counter, compasses, altimeter, petrol and oil gauges, fire extinguishers, etc. Complete equipment for night flying is also fitted, including the regular four navigation lights, landing head light and cabin lighting, all supplied by a dynamo with ” buffer ” battery.

Gloster modified one Breda 15 with a variable-camber wing.

Variants:

Ba.15
1928 2-seat tandem high-wing monoplane light cabin a/c, 10.80 span
Engines: Cirrus III, DH Gipsy, Colombo S.63, Walter Mars, IF Asso

Ba.15 idro
Desig. for 1928 Ba.15 versione idro mounted on twin floats

Ba.15N
1937, I-APOL, I-AAAR

Ba.15S
New elliptical wing; Walter 85, Venus, Colombo 118, 115 hp IF 8T

Ba.15S idro
1931 twin-float equipped Ba.15S

Ba.15ter
1933 improved version, I-ACQB, I-ACQD, I-ACQE, I-ACQS

Breda A.9

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A.9

The Breda A.9 was a biplane trainer produced in Italy in 1928 for the Regia Aeronautica. Conventional in design, it featured a single-bay, unstaggered wing cellule and fixed tailskid undercarriage. The student and instructor sat in tandem, open cockpits.

A.9 I-BAZP was registered in 1927, before flying in 1928.

A slightly smaller version, designated A.9-bis was developed for use in Italy’s aeroclubs. The A.9 bis of 1930 was a reduced span (8.72 m) single-seat aerobatics trainer.

A.9bis

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A.9
Engine: 1 x Isotta-Fraschini Asso 250, 250 hp / 190 kW
Propeller: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller
Wingspan: 9.32m (30 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 27 m2 (290 sq ft)
Length: 7.95 m (26 ft 1 in)
Height: 2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
Empty weight: 770 kg (1,698 lb)
Gross weight: 1,050 kg (2,315 lb)
Wing loading: 39 kg/m2 (8.0 lb/sq ft)
Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn)
Cruising speed: 152 km / h
Stall speed: 75 km/h (47 mph; 40 kn)
Range: 800 km (497 mi; 432 nmi)
Endurance: 3 hours
Service ceiling: 6,000 m (20,000 ft)
Power/mass: 0.196 kW/kg (0.119 hp/lb)
Seats: 2
No built: 36

A.9 bis
Engine: 1 x Isotta-Fraschini Asso 250, 250 hp / 190 kW
Wingspan: 8.72 m
Empty weight: 720 kg
MAUW: 940 kg
Seats: 2

Breda A.7 / Ba.16

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1926 parasol monoplane reconaissance aircraft, 2 + 12 built

A.7 LD: Prototypes (c/n 601/602) 1 x 400 hp Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db V-12

A.7 Asso: Series production type, 1 x 500 hp Isotta-Fraschini Asso V-12

A.7 idro: A.7 Asso when mounted on twin float landing gear

A.7 Raid: Long-range development, later redesignated as Ba.16

Ba.16: 1929 parasol monoplane reconnaissance a/c,
One built I-TALI
Wingspan: 15.78m

Ba.16
1 x 500 hp IF Asso 500 AQ then 440 hp Bristol Jupiter VII radial