Breda Ba.25
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| Ba.25 | |
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 Breda Ba.25 in single-seat seaplane configuration. |
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| Type | Trainer aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Breda Meccanica Bresciana |
| Maiden flight | 1931 |
| Introduction | 1932 |
| Primary users | Regia Aeronautica Royal Hungarian Air Force |
| Produced | 1931-1938 |
| Number built | 753 |
The Breda Ba.25 was an Italian two-seat biplane trainer aircraft designed and built by the Breda company. It was the most widely used Italian basic trainer of the 1930s.
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[edit] Design and development
The first flight took place near Milan in 1931. Initially designed as a single-seat aircraft, the prototype was later converted to a two-seat fuselage. Flight testing of the two-seat variant was successful, and in late 1931 Regia Aeronautica ordered a series of 100 Ba.25 training aircraft. The student and instructor sat in open tandem cockpits, although some versions had a single-bay cockpit.
The initial production order was completed by 1935, but demand for the aircraft increased and production for the Regia Aeronautica totalled 719 by the end of 1938. Many others were produced for export or for private use with different radial engines like the Alfa Romeo Lynx or Walter Castor.
[edit] Operational history
The Ba.25 remained in service of the Regia Aeronautica as training aircraft during World War II. Some of the aircraft were seized and handed over to the Allies.[1]
[edit] Variants
There were many minor variants:
- Ba.25
- Main production version.
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- Ba.25/Lynx
- Fitted with a 200-hp (149-kW) Alfa Romeo Lynx engine.
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- Ba.25/D.2
- Fitted with a 240-hp (179-kW) Alfa Romeo D.2 engine.
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- Ba.25/Mezzo-Asso
- Fitted with a 220-hp (164-kW) Isotta-Fraschini Asso 200 engine.
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- Ba.25 Ridotto'
- Reduced-span aerobatic version.
- Ba.25-I (I for Idro)
- Floatplane version (42 built)
- Ba.26
- Primary trainer with a longer wingspan and Walter NZ 120 engine, prototype only.
- Ba.28
- Export version with Piaggio-built Gnome-Rhône 7K engine for Norway, Paraguay, China and Ethopia, among others.
[edit] Operators
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[edit] Specifications (Ba.25)
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General characteristics
- Crew: Two (student & instructor)
- Length: 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 10.0 m (32 ft 10 in)
- Height: 2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
- Loaded weight: 1,000 kg (2,204 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Alfa Romeo licence-built Armstrong Siddeley Lynx 7-cylinder radial engine, 164 kW (220 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 205 km/h (110 knots, 127 mph)
- Range: 400 km (216 nm, 248 mi)
- Service ceiling 4,900 m (16,075 ft)
Armament
- None
[edit] References
- ^ Ba.25 entry at the Уголок неба website (Russian)
- ^ Jackson, Robert, The Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, Paragon, 2002. ISBN 0-75258-130-9
[edit] External links
- Breda Ba.25 entry at the Virtual Aircraft Museum website
- Ba.25 entry at the Уголок неба website (Russian)
[edit] See also
Comparable aircraft
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