Savoia-Marchetti SM.62

what is it?

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.62 was an Italian single-engine maritime patrol flying boat produced from 1926. It served with the Regia Aeronautica and with a number of foreign users, and was produced in Spain and the Soviet Union. Some of the Spanish aircraft were still in service during the Spanish Civil War.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 15.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• size 3,000 kgmax take-off weight

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 100 years ago, in 1926.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 15.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1926

introduced

1926

number built

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role

reconnaissance flying boat

makers

SIAI-Marchetti

engines

1× Isotta Fraschini Asso 500

crew

3

length

11 m

wingspan

15.5 m

height

4.2 m

max take-off weight

3,000 kg

top speed

200 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,200 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.