Aeronautica Umbra SA was an Italian aircraft manufacturer founded at

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1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

by Muzio Macchi. The firm produced SM.79 bombers for the

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but never enjoyed success with its own designs. Its best-known attempt was the AUT.18 fighter of

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. Another promising prototype, the MB.902 had two

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engines within the fuselage, driving contra-rotating propellers mounted on the wings, but this was destroyed without ever having flown. After

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, the company re-formed and in

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commenced work on a design for a three-engine

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transport aircraft designated the AUM-903. This, however, was never actually built, although the company did manufacture

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under licence for a time.

References

* Gunston, Bill. (1993). ''World Encyclopaedia of Aircraft Manufacturers''. Naval Institute Press: Annapolis, Maryland. pp. 32, 311 Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Italy Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1935 Italian companies established in 1935 Aermacchi Alenia Aermacchi Foligno Defence companies of Italy {{aero-corp-stub

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