The Nardi FN.333 Riviera, later the SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera, is an Italian luxury touring
amphibious aircraft
An amphibious aircraft, or amphibian, is an aircraft that can Takeoff, take off and Landing, land on both solid ground and water. These aircraft are typically Fixed-wing aircraft, fixed-wing, though Amphibious helicopter, amphibious helicopte ...
designed and developed by
Fratelli Nardi in the 1950s and produced in small numbers by
Savoia-Marchetti
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 sugge ...
during the following decade.
On October 25, 1968, FN-333, Serial # 007 was destroyed in an accident at Akron Municipal Airport. The pilot, Perry A. Strohl Jr. was killed in the incident. The accident was described as follows:
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Riviera
() is an Italian word which means , ultimately derived from Latin , through Ligurian . It came to be applied as a proper name to the coast of Liguria (the Genoa region in northwestern Italy) in the form , then shortened in English.
Riviera may a ...
FN.333
1950s Italian civil utility aircraft
Amphibious aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Twin-boom aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1952
High-wing aircraft
Flying boats