Fabbrica Aeroplani Ing. O. Pomilio was an Italian

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aircraft manufacturer. The Pomilio series of aircraft ( PC, PD, PE and PY) were two-seater scout aircraft. When first introduced in spring 1917, the type was faster than most other machines of its day although instability problems had to be dealt with by subsequent variants. With the completion of the final variant, the Pomilio brothers sold their company to

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and emigrated to the US. The Pomilio range of scout planes is known to have served in approximately 30 squadrons of the

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Pomilio BVL-12 The Pomilio BVL-12 was an American experimental single-engine biplane bomber built by the United States Army Engineering Division to the design of Ottorino Pomilio for the United States Army Air Corps after World War I. Powered by a 400 hp ...

Pomilio FVL-8 The Pomilio FVL-8 was a biplane fighter aircraft built by Fabbrica Aeroplani Ing. O. Pomilio for Engineering Division of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps The Aviation Section, Signal Corps, was the aerial warfare service of the United ...

Pomilio PD The Pomilio PE was a First World War Italian armed reconnaissance biplane designed and built by the Pomilio brothers. It was developed from the earlier Pomilio PC and PD. Development The Pomilio brothers first armed reconnaissance biplane was t ...

Pomilio PE The Pomilio PE was a First World War Italian armed reconnaissance biplane designed and built by the Pomilio brothers. It was developed from the earlier Pomilio PC and PD. Development The Pomilio brothers first armed reconnaissance biplane was t ...

Pomilio PY Fabbrica Aeroplani Ing. O. Pomilio was an Italian World War I biplane aircraft manufacturer. The Pomilio series of aircraft ( PC, PD, PE and PY) were two-seater scout aircraft. When first introduced in spring 1917, the type was faster than ...

Pomilio Gamma The Pomilio Gamma was an Italian fighter prototype of 1918. Design and development Gamma The Pomilio company of Turin designed and manufactured the Gamma, a wooden, single-seat, single-bay biplane with wings of unequal span, the upper wing bein ...

* Savoia-Pomilio SP.1 * Savoia-Pomilio SP.2 * Savoia-Pomilio SP.3 * Savoia-Pomilio SP.4

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