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The last SM-55 Savoia-Marchetti will be restored
São Paulo, Brazil - It has been used in the legendary missions of Francesco De Pinedo and Italo Balbo through the Atlantic
The last of 170 seaplanes SM-55 made by Savoia-Marchetti, protagonists in big undertakings during the years 1920-1933, used also by the Fascist propaganda, is now in an old hangar in São Paulo in Brazil, consumed by thermites. Aircraft, called "Jahù" in Brazil, very like to a modern catamaran, used during the legendary missions of the "Atlantics" Francesco De Pinedo and General Italo Balbo through t...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 102396
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency