what is it?
The IMAM Ro.30 was a 1930s Italian observation biplane designed and built by Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche Meridionali. It was only built in limited numbers before being replaced by the Ro.37.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 15.8 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15.8 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,600 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1932
- number built
- —
- role
- observation biplane
- origin
- Kingdom of Italy
- makers
- Meridionali
- engines
- 1× Piaggio Jupiter VII radial piston / Bristol Jupiter
- crew
- 3
- length
- 10.2 m
- wingspan
- 15.8 m
- height
- 3.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,630 kg
- top speed
- 225 km/h
- range
- 1,600 km
- ceiling
- 7,500 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1654087, Wikipedia: IMAM Ro.30 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.