Breda Ba.39

Ba.39
General information
Type	touring and liaison
Manufacturer	Società Italiana Ernesto Breda
History
First flight	September 1932 [1]

The Breda Ba.39, a touring and liaison aircraft designed and built in Italy, was a scaled-up version of the Breda Ba.33, achieving some success in sporting events, and distance flights. ^[1]

Operational history

The Italian air ministry ordered 60 Ba.39s, one of which was flown on a circuit of the Mediterranean Sea by Folonari and Malinverni, starting and finishing at Turin.

Paraguay

One Ba.39 was registered in Paraguay as ZP-PAA in early 1940, owned by Elías Navarro and Antonio Soljancic. Powered by a Colombo S.63 engine, it was used for express flights by a company called Navarro Expreso Aéreo. In October, 1940, this plane was destroyed in an accident near São Paulo, Brazil.

Variants

Breda Ba 42 photo from L'Aerophile October 1934

Ba.39

The standard two-seat touring and liaison aircraft

Ba.39S

Tandem three-seat touring, communications aircraft introduced in 1934.

Ba.39 Met

Ba.39 Col

Ba.42

In 1934 the Ba.42 was introduced powered by a 179.7 hp (134.00 kW) Fiat A.70S radial engine, with a NACA cowling.

Operators

  Kingdom of Italy

• Regia Aeronautica
• Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force

Specifications (Ba.39)

Data from Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930-1945 ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 (3 for the Ba.39S)
• Length: 7.44 m (24 ft 5 in)
• Wingspan: 10.41 m (34 ft 2 in)
• Height: 2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 17.51 m² (188.5 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 560 kg (1,235 lb)
• Gross weight: 840 kg (1,852 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 935 kg (2,062 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Colombo S.63 6-cyl. inline piston engine, 100 kW (140 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 220 km/h (137 mph, 119 kn)
• Range: 900 km (560 mi, 490 nmi)
• Endurance: 3 hr 30min
• Service ceiling: 6,000 m (19,700 ft)
• Rate of climb: 3.2 m/s (630 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 13,210 ft (4,026 m) in 21 minutes

References

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

• Donald, David, ed. (1997). The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Prospero Books. p. 183. ISBN   1-85605-375-X.{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
• Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis: "La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300pp.