The Savoia-Pomilio SP.1 was a reconnaissance and bomber aircraft built in Italy during the First World War.
[Taylor 1989, p.793]
Design and development
The SP.1 was designed by Major
Umberto Savoia and Lieutenant
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based on the
Farman MF.11
The Maurice Farman MF.11 ''Shorthorn'' is a French aircraft developed before World War I by the Farman Aviation Works. It was used as a reconnaissance and light bomber during the early part of World War I, later being relegated to training duties ...
that
SIA was building under licence as the SIA 5b.
[''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'' p.2897] While the SP.1 shared the same basic configuration as the 5b, it was a larger and stronger aircraft.
The pilot and observer sat in tandem in an open nacelle with the engine mounted pusher-fashion at its rear.
This nacelle was mounted on struts in the gap between biplane wings, and a twin-tail arrangement linked by a common horizontal stabiliser was carried on booms that extended aft from the wings.
SIA built the prototype at its factory in
Turin
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, and while this was the only example constructed, it served as the basis for a number of follow-on designs,
the
SP.2,
SP.3, and
SP.4, which were built in large numbers.
Specifications
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Savoia-Pomilio aircraft
1910s Italian military reconnaissance aircraft
1910s Italian bomber aircraft
Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1916