Breda Ba.15

Ba.15
Ba.15
	Breda Ba.15
General information
Type	utility
Manufacturer	Breda
Designer	Cesare Pallavicino
Primary user	Regia Aeronautica
History
First flight	1928

The Breda Ba.15 was a two-seat light aircraft produced in Italy in 1928.

Design and development

The Ba.15 was a high-wing braced monoplane of conventional design that seated the pilot and passenger in tandem within a fully enclosed cabin. Ba.15s were fitted with a wide variety of engines. The most popularly selected was the Walter Venus, but examples also left the factory powered by Cirrus III, de Havilland Gipsy, Colombo S.63, Walter Mars I, and Isotta Fraschini 80 T engines.

Operational history

Breda Ba.15s took part in several competitions. Among others, in August 1930 Col. Sacchi won the race Giro Aereo d'Italia flying Breda Ba.15S (altogether 10 Bredas took part in this contest).^[1] Besides their civil use, some Ba.15s were operated by the Regia Aeronautica. An example is preserved at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia in Milan. One Ba.15 was bought in 1929 by an Italian resident in Paraguay, Nicola Bo. The plane had the Italian civil registration I-AAUG. This plane was later sold to the Paraguayan Military Aviation and used in the Chaco War as a light transport plane with the serial T-8. It was destroyed in an accident in 1933.

Variants

Breda Ba.15S

Ba.15 : Two-seat cabin touring, sporting aircraft.
Ba.15S : Improved version.

Operators

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Air Force^[2]

Kingdom of Italy

Regia Aeronautica

Paraguay

Paraguayan Air Arm

Specifications (Ba.15S)

Breda Ba.15 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile Salon 1932

General characteristics

Crew: 1 pilot
Capacity: 1 passenger
Length: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Height: 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 16 m² (170 sq ft)
Gross weight: 770 kg (1,698 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Walter Venus 7-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 82 kW (110 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
Endurance: 6 hours
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)

References

^ Circuit of Italy in Flight, September 5, 1930, p.991
^ "Abyssinia 1935 - 1936". Nevington War Museum.

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 195.
aerei-italiani.net
"La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia. Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300pp.

[1] Circuit of Italy in Flight, September 5, 1930, p.991

[2] "Abyssinia 1935 - 1936". Nevington War Museum.

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