The Breda Ba.39, a touring and

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designed and built in

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, was a scaled-up version of the Breda Ba.33, achieving some success in sporting events, and distance flights.

Operational history

The Italian air ministry ordered 60 Ba.39s, one of which was flown on a circuit of the

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by Folonari and Malinverni, starting and finishing at

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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

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. In October, 1940, this plane was destroyed in an accident near

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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 Fiat A.70S radial engine, with a

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Operators

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'' * Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force

Specifications (Ba.39)

References

* * Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis: "La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300pp.

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