Microsoft Flight Simulator presenta famosos aviones italianos como leyenda local #4: Savoia-Marchetti S.55
Uno de los aviones más distintivos y memorables de la historia llega a Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Hoy nos complace presentar el cuarto avión de la Microsoft Flight Simulator Serie “Leyendas locales”, el S.55. La serie "Local Legends" celebra la historia de la aviación y este avión, un hidroavión bimotor producido por el fabricante de aviación italiano Savoia-Marchetti de Milán, está vinculado a nuestra actualización mundial IX más reciente: Italia y Malta. Cuenta con un diseño de casco de catamarán., botalones de doble cola, estabilizadores verticales triples, y un sistema de propulsión de motor de empuje de tractor montado sobre su ala principal. Construido principalmente de madera, la cabina del hidroavión está ubicada en la sección media delantera del ala principal y sus cascos se pueden configurar para transportar una serie de combinaciones de combustible, pasajeros, y carga.
Savoia-Marchetti conceived the unique craft during the inter-war period to serve military roles, primarily that of a torpedo bomber, with its payload (which could also include bombs) slung under the centerline of the main wing between its two hulls. The premise was that the S.55 could wait at sea and surveil an area for approaching ships, then launch and attack. The hydroplane roared into the sky for the first time in August of 1924. While the Italian military initially disapproved of the concept, they adopted the flying boat into service in 1926. The plane engaged briefly in combat (during the Spanish Civil War), but its enduring legacy is its operations as aircraft of choice for a number of long-range flights, notably trans-Atlantic journeys.
This prototype version of the S.55, Jahú, was flown by Brazilian aviator João Ribeiro de Barros, from Genoa, Italy, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, completing the incredible voyage in 1927. The inspiring journey marked the first time that aviators hailing from the Western Hemisphere completed a trans-Atlantic flight. The Jahú is the last surviving Savoia-Marchetti S.55 and is on display at the TAM Museum in the Brazilian city of São Carlos.
This version of the S.55 features twin V-12 510-horsepower Isotta Fraschini water-cooled engines, in a tractor-pusher configuration, each turning two-blade wooden propellers, providing a cruise speed of approximately 110 millas por hora.
S.55X
This model, the S.55X, desde 1933, represents the final and most advanced iteration of the airframe produced. Sólo 25 were constructed. With an 800-horsepower Isotta Fraschini W-18 engines driving three-blade metal propellers and improved instrumentation, the S.55X boasts the highest performance and greatest range of all S.55 variants.
Shortly after their completion, todas 25 ‘X’ models participated in a mass trans-Atlantic formation flight, known as the “Decennial Air Cruise,” led by General Italo Balbo of the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force). This flight, from Rome to Chicago’s 1933 Century of Progress world’s fair, is one of aviation history’s greatest success stories. It proved the quality of design and craftsmanship of the S.55X, the intrepidness and skill of the Italian aviators, and demonstrated that trans-Atlantic passenger service by airplane was feasible.
Los Savoia-Marchetti S.55 y S.55X están disponibles como paquete en el Microsoft Flight Simulator Mercado in-sim hoy para $14.99. Continuaremos introduciendo aeronaves a la serie "Local Legends" en los próximos meses.. El cielo esta llamando!
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