Breda Ba.15
| Industry | Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1928 |
| Products | Aircraft |
The Breda Ba.15 was an Italian two-seat light aircraft introduced in 1928.
Design and development
The Ba.15 featured a conventional high-wing braced monoplane configuration, accommodating the pilot and a passenger seated one behind the other inside a fully enclosed cockpit. Various powerplants were installed on Ba.15 models, with the Walter Venus engine being the most frequently chosen. Other engines used included the Cirrus III, de Havilland Gipsy, Colombo S.63, Walter Mars I, and Isotta Fraschini 80 T.
Operational history
Breda Ba.15 aircraft participated in multiple aviation contests. Notably, in August 1930, Colonel Sacchi secured victory in the Giro Aereo d'Italia flying a Ba.15S; a total of ten Bredas competed in this event.[1] Beyond civilian applications, some Ba.15s were employed by the Regia Aeronautica. A preserved example is exhibited at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia located in Milan. In 1929, an Italian expatriate in Paraguay named Nicola Bo acquired one Ba.15 bearing the Italian registration I-AAUG. This aircraft was subsequently transferred to the Paraguayan Military Aviation and utilized during the Chaco War as a light transport plane with the identifier T-8 before being lost in an accident in 1933.
Variants
- Ba.15 : Two-seat touring and sport aircraft with enclosed cabin.
- Ba.15S : Enhanced model offering improvements over the base version.
Operators
Specifications (Ba.15S)
References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989, p. 195.
- Archived page from aerei-italiani.net: https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225532/http://www.aerei-italiani.net/SchedeT/aereobreda15s.htm
- Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis. La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya. Author's edition, Asunción, 2007. 300 pages.
- ↑ Circuit of Italy in Flight, September 5, 1930, p.991
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2123: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).