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what is it?
The Meridionali Ro.37 Lince (Italian: "Lynx") was a two-seater Italian reconnaissance biplane, a product of the Industrie Meccaniche Aeronautiche Meridionali (IMAM) company. It appeared in 1934 and had a composite structure of wood and metal. The aeroplane first saw operational duty in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936) and Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), and during the Second World War it saw duty on almost all fronts, except for Russia and the English Channel.
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 93 years ago, in 1933.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Range of 1,120 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 2.7× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1933-11-06
- number built
- 617
- role
- reconnaissance
- origin
- Kingdom of Italy
- makers
- Meridionali
- engines
- 1× Piaggio Stella P.IX R.C.40
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.6 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,420 kg
- top speed
- 330 km/h
- cruise speed
- 249 km/h
- range
- 1,120 km
- ceiling
- 23,616 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q1612856, Wikipedia: IMAM Ro.37 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.