Breda A.1

Breda A.1
Role	Sports plane
Manufacturer	Breda
First flight	1924

The Breda A.1 was a touring aircraft developed in Italy in 1924.

Design

The Breda A.1 was a conventional two-seat, single engine biplane with a fixed bogie. The Colombo 110 engine was positioned at the front apex of the fuselage combined with a two-blade wooden propeller with fixed pitch. ^[1]

The A.1 was intended for the civil aviation tourism market, and several aircraft of this type were constructed.

Specifications

Data from Airwar:Breda A.1 ^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 9.0 m (29 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
• Height: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 43.0 m² (463 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 860 kg (1,896 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,100 kg (2,425 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Colombo E.150 6-cylinder water-cooled inline piston engine, 100 kW (140 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 138 km/h (86 mph, 75 kn)
• Cruise speed: 110 km/h (68 mph, 59 kn)
• Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,800 ft)

References

1. Jotti, da Badia Polesine (1929). Annuario dell'aeronautica Italiana 1929-30. Milan: Libreria Aeronautica.
2. "Breda A.1". www.airwar.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 4 April 2020.