The SIAI-Marchetti S.210 was a 1970s
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twin-engined cabin-monoplane designed and built by
SIAI-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 suggest ...
as a development of the single-engined
SIAI-Marchetti S.205.
Development
The S.210 was developed from the single-engined
S.205 and was an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear. It was powered by two 200 hp (149 kW)
Avco Lycoming TIO-360-A1B engines, one mounted on the leading edge of each wing. It had three pairs of side-by-side seats for one pilot and five passengers.
The prototype S.210M first flew on 18 February 1970 and was exhibited at the 1971
Paris Air Show
The Paris Air Show (, ''Salon du Bourget'') is a trade fair and air show held in odd years at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in France. Organized by the French aerospace industry's primary representative body, the ''Groupement des industries frança ...
wearing a military style colour scheme and markings. This aircraft was followed by an improved second prototype with increased baggage capacity and enlarged rear windows. A production batch of ten aircraft were built based on the second prototype.
Specifications (S.210)
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S.210
1970s Italian civil utility aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1970
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