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Re: Photo Farman
Hi Stig,
You state 'but then Savoia started to use the Fiat A.10 and it seems this was the primary engine for all manufacturers.' However, reading the italian wiki entry on the MF.11 the Renault engine appears to have been used quite extensively and the site states at the beginning of the war, May 1915, the MF.1914, with an 80 hp Renault, was the only aircraft with fixed armament in service.The information seems to be drawn from I Reparti..This would appear to suggest that the information provided by Alegi is incomplete (?) as following his information the first batch are Savoia built in 1915.This is backed by Davilla and Soltan.However they have the Savoia machines powered by 110 hp Colombo engines, while the Fiat A.10 are specific to the Fiat (SIA) built F.5b. Looking a tthe totals in Davilla and Soltan 601 MF.11 were built in Italy. They give 50 Macchi and since we already have 90 for the SIA 5, that would appear to leave 461 for Savoia and the minor manufacturers you list. If taken at face value it would also mean a Farman Fiat is a SIA 5 and not anything else (?). The info from Alegri you provide seems to indicate that only later Savoia built machines were powered by the 110 hp Colombo. Do you mean the MFC here or normal MF14s? Seems like a gap exists for a definitive publication on Italian Farmans. Odd that Albatros haven't done a WDF.
Regards,
Clint
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