Kolbenmotorflugzeug

Doppeldecker-Flugboot Macchi M-18, CH-23, der Ad Astra Aero

Dating

Vorbild: 1920

Persons

Ad Astra-Aero AG (Ad-Astra-Aero A.G.; Ad Astra Aero AG; Schweiz. Luftverkehrs-A.-G. Ad Astra-Aero Aviation Suisse S.A.) (1920 - 1931), Betreiber/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Isotta Fraschini, Hersteller/in Motor, archivalisch belegt

Carlo Zarbl, Modellbauer/in, archivalisch belegt

Nieuport-Macchi (Aeronautica Macchi) (1913), Hersteller/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Description

Doppeldecker-Flugboot Macchi M-18, CH-23, der Ad Astra Aero Vorbild: Einsatzjahre 1920 bis 1923, Spannweite 15.8 m, Länge 9.75 m, max. Startgewicht 1610 kg, Motorenleistung 250 PS, Isotta-Fraschini, Anzahl Passagiere 3

Signature / Inscription

Signatur / Beschriftung: Beschriftung: "Ad Astra Aero S.A.", "CH", "23"

Object type

Object (three-dimensional)

Geography

Herkunftsland/Herkunftsort: Italien, Vorbild

Material / Technique

Holz, Metall, Kunststoff, Schnur

Inventory number

VHS-3579

Legend

Macchi M-18, I 1920 Militärflugboot im Zivileinsatz Pioneers pave the way The geographical barriers fall Louis Blériot’s crossing the English Channel in 1909 proved that there were no more geographical barriers to aviation. The potential of First World War multi-engined bomber aircraft was clearly demonstrated by the long-distance flights in the years after 1918: the first transatlantic flights were made in 1919 using military aircraft. John Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown flew from Newfoundland to Ireland in a Vickers Vimy and Albert C. Read in stages from New York via the Azores and Lisbon to Plymouth in a Curtiss NC-4 flying boat.