Savoia-Marchetti

Savoia-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft company. It was founded in 1915 and originally named SIAI ("Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia" - Seaplane company of Northern Italy). After World War I gained the name Savoia, when it acquired the "Società Anonima Costruzioni Aeronautiche Savoia", an Italian aircraft company founded by Umberto Savoia in 1915.

The name Marchetti was added when chief designer Alessandro Marchetti joined the company in 1922. Shortly thereafter, the company began to develop a reputation for very fast, well performing aircraft. With the development of the wildly successful S.55 flying boat, Savoia-Marchetti exploded onto the aviation scene as a dominant manufacturer. Savoia-Marchetti became famous for series flying boats and seaplanes, which set numerous endurance and speed records. Favoured by Air Marshall Italo Balbo, the company began rapidly prototyping and developing a number of other aircraft, increasingly focusing on warplanes in the lead-up to World War II. However, most of S.M.'s manufacturing capabilities were destroyed in World War Two. Savoia-Marchetti only survived in post war Italy by building trucks and railway equipment. However it still struggled with insolvency for 6 years after the war before declaring bankruptcy in 1951. In 1953, the company re-opened as a shadow of its former self. It began to focus increasingly on helicopters in the 1970s and was eventually purchased by the aerospace firm Agusta in 1983.

Aircraft

* Savoia-Marchetti S.55 - flying boat
* Savoia-Marchetti S.56 - three seat trainer/touring flying boat (1924)
* Savoia-Marchetti S.57 - reconnaissance flying boat (1923)
* Savoia-Marchetti S.59 - reconnaissance/bomber flying boat (1925)
* Savoia-Marchetti S.62 - bomber/reconnaissance flying boat (1926)
* Savoia-Marchetii S.66 - 22-passenger flying boat (1931)
* Savoia-Marchetti S.71 - eight-passenger light transport (1930)
* Savoia-Marchetti S.72 - bomber/transport (1934)
* Savoia-Marchetti S.73 - 18-passenger airliner/transport (1934)
* Savoia-Marchetti S.74 - airliner
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.62 - reconnaissance flying boat
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.74 - airliner/transport (1934)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 - airliner/transport (1937)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.76 - airliner/transport (1939)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.77
* Savoia-Marchetti S.78 - bomber/reconnaissance flying boat (1932)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - bomber (1934)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello - bomber/transport (1935)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 Canguru - heavy bomber/transport (1939)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.83 - 10-passenger transport (1937)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 - medium bomber/torpedo bomber (1940)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 - dive bomber (1936)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.86 - dive bomber (1940)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.87 - floatplane version of SM.75 (1940)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.88
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.89
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.90 - transport (prototype)
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.91
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.92
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.93
* Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 - transport/airliner (1943)