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1950 color print of single-engine Macchi L3 hydrocracker Macchi-Nieuport Varese

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Color print on cardboard from the 1950s depicting a single-engine Macchi L3 hydrocock, later modified and renamed M3. Designed in 1916 by Carlo Felice Buzio and built in Varese by the Anonima Macchi-Nieuport company, which later became Aeronautica Macchi. Mounted on faesite and glass stand with hooks. Good condition, a few spots, abrasion at lower right corner. Measurements 60x2x29 cm - inches 23.6x0.7x11.4. These are a type of aircraft made for the Regia Marina, which employed them during World War I, for aerial reconnaissance, maritime patrols, as convoy escorts, and during 1917 they were used as bombing hydrocats. It was later used in photo reconnaissance as it was equipped with cameras for aerial photogrammetry that served to inform the General Staff in real time about the situation of enemy forces. In 1919 this plane was used to connect Buenos Aires with Asuncion in Paraguay for the first time and then donated to the Paraguayan government. Length 8.08 meters, wingspan 10.25 m, speed 145 kmh, range 600 km. Designed by Giorgio Bigozzi and colored by Massimo Jacoponi both students in the postwar period of the Rome Art School.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.4 in (28.96 cm)Width: 23.6 in (59.95 cm)Depth: 0.7 in (1.78 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1950
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Milan, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1020245384602

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