__NOTOC__ SAI ''Ambrosini'' was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. The company was established in

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, Italy, in

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as the ''Società Aeronautica Italiana''. It became SAI Ambrosini when it was acquired by the Ambrosini group in 1934. Prior to

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, the firm built a number of light touring and racing aircraft, the most successful of which was the SAI.7. During the war, this design served as the basis for some

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designs, but these did not enter mass production. Ambrosini was reformed in 1946 and continued with the development and manufacture of the SAI.7 design, eventually producing jet fighter prototypes based on it, but these were not successful. During the 1980s, the firm ventured into boatbuilding (including ''

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'', Italy's first

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contender) and eventually into oil rigs before closing in 1992.

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