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Additional Information from
Internet Encyclopedia
The Ansaldo SVA (named for
Savoia-Verduzio-Ansaldo) was a family of Italian reconnaissance biplane
aircraft of World War I and the decade after. Originally conceived as a
fighter, the SVA was found inadequate for that role. Nevertheless, its
impressive speed, range and operational ceiling, with its top speed making it
one of the fastest of all Allied combat aircraft in World War I, gave it the
right properties to be an excellent reconnaissance aircraft and even light
bomber. Production of the aircraft continued well after the war, the final
examples were delivered during 1918.
The SVA was a conventionally
laid-out unequal-span biplane - however, it was unusual in featuring Warren
Truss-style struts joining its two wings, and therefore having no transverse
(spanwise) bracing wires. The plywood-skinned fuselage had the typical Ansaldo
triangular rear cross-section behind the cockpit, transitioning to a
rectangular cross section going forwards through the rear cockpit area, with a
full rectangular cross section forward of the cockpit.[1] Two minor variants
were produced, one with reconnaissance cameras, the other without cameras but
extra fuel tanks.
The Flight over Vienna
propaganda flight, inspired by Italian nationalist and poet Gabriele
d'Annunzio, consisting of an eleven plane flight of various models of Ansaldo
SVA-series biplanes, was carried out on 9 August 1918 by the 87th Squadriglia
La Serenissima from San Pelagio. At least two of the aircraft were twin-seater
SVA.9 or SVA.10s to accommodate d'Annunzio himself for the flight he inspired,
while the remainder were SVA.5 single-seaters.
