| A long succession
of World records for speed and load-carrying have fallen to the Italian
Savoia-Marchetti S-79 aeroplanes. Three of these machines came in
first in the Istres-Damascus-Paris Air Race in August 1937, and a
similar number recently flew from Italy to Brazil in record time.
The S-79 is a three motor cantilever low-wing monoplane with a retractable
undercarriage. The motors are 780 h.p. Alfa Romeo 126 RC-35 air-cooled
radials built under "Pegasus" licence from the Bristol Aeroplane
Co., Ltd. The maximum speed of the S-79 is 280 m.p.h. at 13,120 ft.
It can cruise at 250m.p.h. for more than 4,000 miles with full load.
The maximum loaded weight is 29,790 lb., of which 15,440 lb. is useful
load. |
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