Entry Into service
1918-01-01
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- Name
- Ansaldo A.1 Balilla
- Manufacturer
- Gio. Ansaldo & C.
- Description
- The Ansaldo A.1, nicknamed "Balilla" after the Genoan folk-hero, was Italy's only domestically-designed fighter aircraft of World War I to be produced in Italy.
- First Flight
- 1917-03-01
- Entry Into service
- 1918-01-01
- Production End
- 1924-01-01
- Designer
- Umberto Savoia
- Type
- Fighter
- Length (m)
- 6.84
- Height (m)
- 2.53
- Max Speed (km/h)
- 220
- Max Ceiling (m)
- 5000
- Rate of Climb (m/s)
- 2.7
- Armament
- 2 × synchronised .303 Vickers machine gun
- National Origin
- Italy
- Number Built
- 250
- Powerplant Description
- 1 × SPA 6A piston engine, 164 kW (220 hp) each
- Primary Users
- Italian Air Force, Polish Air Force
- Status
- Retired
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansaldo_A.1_Balilla
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 7.68
- Flat Wing Area (m²)
- 21.2
- Aircraft Engine
- SPA 6A
- Number of Engines
- 1