Breda Ba.32

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Ba.32
Breda Ba.32.jpg
The sole Ba.32 prototype
Role Airliner
Manufacturer Breda
First flight1931 [1]
Number built2?(second, with FIAT engines, may have been a conversion) [1]

The Breda Ba.32 was an Italian airliner prototype designed and built by the Breda company. [1]

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Design and development

The Breda Ba.32 was a low-wing trimotor monoplane with fixed, spatted main landing gear. It was powered by three Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engines. It had a crew of two, and its cabin could accommodate up to 10 passengers. [1]

The Ba.32 prototype first flew in 1931, but despite displaying good flight characteristics, no production orders ensued and no further examples were built. [1]

Operators

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Specifications (Ba.32)

Breda Ba.32 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile March 1932 Breda Ba.32 3-view L'Aerophile March 1932.jpg
Breda Ba.32 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile March 1932

Data fromItalian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thompson, Jonathan W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945. USA: Aero Publishers Inc. ISBN   0-8168-6500-0.

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