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SIAI S.16
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The SIAI S.16 was an Italian passenger flying boat, later serving as a military reconnaissance-bomber, claimed to be the most successful flying-boat of the 1920s.
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Francesco de Pinedo's SIAI S.16ter Gennariello landing on the Brisbane River in Australia in 1925 during his Rome-Australia-Tokyo-Rome flight. | |
Role | Passenger and military flying-boat |
National origin | Italy |
Manufacturer | SIAI |
Designer | Rafaele Conflenti |
First flight | 1919 |
Primary user | Italian Navy |
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