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FLIGHT, MAY 16, 1929 AT MILAN : The Breda (left) and Officine Meccaniche Meridional! Romeo (right) exhibits. AIRCRAFT AT THE MILAN EXHIBITION THIS year's Exhibition at Milan produced several inter-esting items in the aircraft section, and among thevarious firms showing, the most important were ' Breda," " Caproni," " Fiat " and " Romeo " ; while theengine section was represented by the " Isotta-Fraschini " and " Fiat " concerns. Some French engines were alsothere. On the Societa Italiana Ernesto Breda stand, the firstnear the entrance, one saw, in addition to several photo- graphs, etc., of the firm's standard productions, a completeBreda " 15 " cabin monoplane, fitted with an 80-h.p. engine —the light 'plane which we described in our issue for May 9last. This little machine has exceptionally pleasing lines—and looks much like a small car—and it was very much admired.It is certainly a thoroughly well-designed and constructed machine, and does honour to its designer, Mr. Pallavicino. The Breda " A. 16 " was another machine shown, andperhaps represents the best that came out of the Breda works. It is a single-engined two-seater reconnaissancemonoplane of metal construction. Although the " A. 16 " is not of the latest design—it is, we believe, a developmentof the " A. 7 " which we described in FLIGHT for March 15,1928—this machine competes very well with other types already in service. It is a high-wing or parasol monoplane,and was designed by Mr. Abbate, who has now left the Breda firm. Next to the Breda stand was that of the Officine MeccanicheMendionali Romeo, which firm exhibited the " Ro. 5," another of the new Italian light 'planes. The " Ro. 5 "—which, by the way, put up a very good performance in the Italian competition for light aeroplanes—is a parasol mono-plane of pleasing appearance. It is a two-seater with the passenger's and pilot's cockpits in tandem, the front, orpassenger's cockpit being more or less " enclosed " under the wing The wings, which have spruce spars and duralumin ribs, are made to fold back along the fuselage, whilst the aileronsextend along the full span of the wings. The fuselage is of welded steel tube construction, and the power plant—an85-h.p. Walter (or similar type) air-cooled radial—is mounted in a quick detachable tubular steel mount. The under-carriage is of the divided type. The Fiat exhibit, in addition to the Fiat engines, consistedof the " A. 120 " parasol reconnaissance monoplane in skeleton, and the " A.S. 1 " light 'plane. This lattermachine, like the Breda 15, is a two-seater cabin monoplane but of slightly smaller dimensions. The " cabin," however,is formed by enclosing the cabane supporting the wings above the fuselage, so that the " A.S. 1 " may be describedas a " coupe." A description of this machine appears else- where in this issue, so we need not dwell upon it furtherhere. Perhaps the most interesting of the aircraft exhibits wasthat of the Caproni company, which showed its latest type of aeroplane—an eight-seater, three-engined monoplane,ordered by the Italian Airlines for use over the Rome-Milan- Monaco route, which is, we understand, a rather difficult one.The " Ca.97 " is a high-wing braced monoplane with a cabin fuselage, equipped with three 120 h.p. air-cooled radialengines, such as the Lorraine Dietrich. It is mainly con- structed of steel, and the cabin is suitably furnished so asto provide the maximum possible comfort for the passengers. An important feature of the " Ca.97 " is that, instead ofthe three engines, it can be fitted with a single engine, installed in the nose of the fuselage, of some 400 h.p. (suchas the Bristol " Jupiter "), or with two wing engines of about 200 h.p. Incidentally, this is the first Italian-builtmachine to be put into service on the Italian air lines, which, up to now, have been operated with Domiers, Fokkers andVickers. Some interesting models of other Caproni types werealso shown, one of the giant 6,000-h.p. biplane, which will AT MILAN : On the left the Caproni stand, showing the Ca97 three-engined commercial monoplane, and on the right the exhibit of (Haw Propeller Bau, of Berlin. 401
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