Breda Ba.39
The Breda Ba.39, a touring and liaison aircraft designed and built in Italy, was a scaled-up version of the Breda Ba.33, achieving some success in sporting events, and distance flights.[1]
Operational history
The Italian air ministry ordered 60 Ba.39s, one of which was flown on a circuit of the Mediterranean Sea by Folonari and Malinverni, starting and finishing at Turin.
Paraguay
One Ba.39 was registered in Paraguay as ZP-PAA in early 1940, owned by Elías Navarro and Antonio Soljancic. Powered by a Colombo S.63 engine, it was used for express flights by a company called Navarro Expreso Aéreo. In October, 1940, this plane was destroyed in an accident near São Paulo, Brazil.
Variants
- Ba.39
- The standard two-seat touring and liaison aircraft
- Ba.39S
- Tandem three-seat touring, communications aircraft introduced in 1934.
- Ba.39 Met
- Ba.39 Col
- Ba.42
- In 1934 the Ba.42 was introduced powered by a Script error: No such module "convert". Fiat A.70S radial engine, with a NACA cowling.
Operators
Specifications (Ba.39)
See also
References
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- Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis: "La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300pp.