Breda Ba.19

Ba.19
General information
Type	Military aerobatic trainer
Manufacturer	Breda
Designer	Cesare Pallavicino
Primary user	Regia Aeronautica
Number built	42
History
Introduction date	1931
First flight	1928

A Ba.19 under the wing of the Breda CC.20 heavy bomber prototype.

The Breda Ba.19 was an Italian single-seat aerobatic biplane aircraft developed as an air force trainer in 1928.

Design and development

The Breda Ba.19 was a single-bay, unequal-span, unstaggered biplane of conventional configuration which seated its pilot in an open cockpit. A few Ba.19s were produced as two-seaters with a second open cockpit in tandem with the first.

Operational history

The Ba.19s were used throughout the 1930s for display flights by the Squadriglia di Alta Acrobazia Aerea , performing formation aerobatics.

The sole surviving Breda Ba.19, at the Caproni Museum, Trento, Italy.

Operators

Kingdom of Italy

• Regia Aeronautica
  • Squadriglia di Alta Acrobazia Aerea

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 1, pilot
• Length: 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
• Height: 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 25.0 m² (269 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 735 kg (1,620 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Alfa Romeo licence-built Armstrong Siddeley Lynx radial , 149 kW (200 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 210 km/h (131 mph, 114 kn)
• Range: 840 km (522 mi, 454 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 7,000 m (22,960 ft) ^[1]

See also

Related lists

• List of aerobatic aircraft

References

Notes

1. Angelucci 1983, p. 124.

Bibliography

• Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914–1980. San Diego, California: The Military Press, 1983. ISBN   0-517-41021-4.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989, p. 195.

External links

• "Breda 19."