Macchi M.9
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| name=M.9 | image=Macchi M.9 Argentine Naval Aviation.png | caption=A M.9 of the Argentine Naval Aviation, circa 1920s }}{{Infobox Aircraft Type | type=Flying boat bomber | national origin=Italy | manufacturer=Macchi | designer=Alessandro Tonini | first flight=1918 | introduced= | retired= | status= | primary user= | number built=ca. 30 | developed from= | variants with their own articles= }} |
The Macchi M.9 was a flying boat bomber designed by Alessandro Tonini and produced by Macchi in Italy close to the end of World War I and shortly afterwards.Taylor 1989, 617
Design and development
The M.9 was a conventional design for its day, with unstaggered biplane wings of unequal span and a single engine mounted pusher-fashion on struts in the interplane gap, close to the underside of the top wing. The pilot and observer sat side by side in an open cockpit. While earlier Macchi flying boats had conventional interplane struts, the M.9 introduced the Warren truss-style struts that would become characteristic of this manufacturer's designs.
Around 16 examples were delivered to the Italian Navy prior to the Armistice, and around another 14 were assembled after the end of hostilities. A small number of postwar aircraft were built with four seats under the designation M.9bis and were used in Switzerland for carrying passengers and mail.Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, 391
Operators
Specifications
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, p. 390.
|prime units? = met
|crew=2, pilot and observer
|length m=9.40
|length ft=30
|length in=10
|span m=15.40
|span ft=50
|span in=6
|height m=3.25
|height ft=10
|height in=8
|wing area sqm=48.5
|wing area sqft=521
|empty weight kg=1,250
|empty weight lb=2,750
|gross weight kg=1,800
|gross weight lb=3,960
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Fiat A.12
|eng1 kw=208
|eng1 hp=280
|max speed kmh=188
|max speed mph=118
|endurance=4 hours|ceiling m=5,500
|ceiling note=Angelucci 1983, p. 90.|ceiling ft=18,050
}}
See also
References
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=Bibliography=
- Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. San Diego, California: The Military Press, 1983. {{ISBN|0-517-41021-4}}.
- Nelcarz, Bartolomiej and Robert Peczkowski. White Eagles: The Aircraft, Men and Operations of the Polish Air Force 1918–1939. Ottringham, UK: Hikoki Publications, 2001. {{ISBN|1-902109-73-2}}
- Grey, C.G. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919. London: Sampson Low Marston, 1969 (reprint). {{ISBN|978-0715346471}}.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989. {{ISBN|0-517-69186-8}}.
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