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S-550 Missile System
S55 may refer to: Aircraft * Savoia-Marchetti S.55, an Italian flying boat * Sikorsky S-55, an American helicopter * Sukhoi S-55, a proposed Russian fighter aircraft Automobiles * BMW S55, an automobile engine * Mercedes-Benz S 55 AMG, a luxury car * Mercury S-55, an American full-size car * Shorland S55, a British armoured personnel carrier Rail and transit * S55 (New York City bus) serving Staten Island, United States * S55 (ZVV), a former line of the Zurich S-Bahn in Switzerland * S55, a former railway line in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, subsumed into the S5 (St. Gallen S-Bahn) * S55, a line of Lucerne S-Bahn in Central Switzerland * FGC line S55, a suburban train line in Catalonia, Spain Other uses * S55 (star) in the constellation Sagittarius * Ariel 1, a British satellite * County Route S55 (Bergen County, New Jersey) * Explorer S-55 (satellite), a failed American spacecraft * , a submarine of the Indian Navy * Siemens S55, a mobile phone * Wandand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savoia-Marchetti S
SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period. History The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' – Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested by its name, the firm initially specialised in the manufacture of seaplanes, the vast majority of which were intended for the Italian armed forces. Perhaps its most prominent early aircraft was the SIAI S.16, a seaplane that had been configured to perform both aerial reconnaissance and bomber roles, but also proved itself quite capable of long-distance flights. During 1925, Italian aviator Francesco de Pinedo of the '' Regia Aeronautica'' (Italian Royal Air Force) used an SIAI S.16''ter'' he named ''Genariello'' for a record-setting flight from Rome to Australia and Tokyo to demonstrate his idea that seaplanes were superior to landplanes for long-distance flights. Having departed Rome on 21 April, Pinedo and his mechanic, Ernesto Campan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |