Italy's Weird & Wonderful Twin-Hull Flying Boats | Savoia-Marchetti S.55 [Aircraft Overview #39]

The twin-hulled flying boats built by Savoia-Marchetti in the 1920s/1930s helped Italy achieve prestige on the world stage of aviation. Originally designed as an amphibious bomber and maritime patrol craft, the S.55 would go on to become a popular civil transport. Together it and the larger S.66 would fly numerous commercial routes around the Mediterranean.

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Sources:

Thompson J.W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930-1945.

Ministero Dell'aeronautica (Circa ~1932)
Idrovolante Savoia-Marchetti Tipo S.55, Istruzioni per il montaggio eper la regolazione