Savoia-Marchetti S.57
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| S.57 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Biplane reconnaissance flying boat |
| Manufacturer | Savoia-Marchetti |
| Primary user | Regia Aeronautica |
| Number built | 20 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1923 |
The Savoia-Marchetti S.57 was an Italian single-engine biplane flying boat intended for aerial reconnaissance, built by Savoia-Marchetti for Regia Aeronautica after World War I.
Of wooden construction with a single-step hull, with pilot and observer/gunner in tandem open cockpits in the bow, the S.57 was powered by a single 186 kW (249 hp) Isotta-Fraschini V.6. The observer had a single ring-mounted 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine gun.
Eighteen S.57s were accepted by Regia Aeronautica in 1925 and used as trainers.
A sole S.57bis (improved) was built, with a 224 kW (300 hp) Hispano-Suiza Type 42 engine.
