Breda Ba.39

Ba.39
Role	touring and liaison
Manufacturer	Società Italiana Ernesto Breda
First flight	September 1932

The Breda Ba.39, a touring and liaison aircraft designed and built in Italy, was a scaled-up version of the Breda Ba.33, achieving some success in sporting events, and distance flights.

Operational history

The Italian air ministry ordered 60 Ba.39s, one of which was flown on a circuit of the Mediterranean Sea by Folonari and Malinverni, starting and finishing at Turin.

Paraguay

One Ba.39 was registered in Paraguay as ZP-PAA in early 1940, owned by Elías Navarro and Antonio Soljancic. Powered by a Colombo S.63 engine, it was used for express flights by a company called Navarro Expreso Aéreo. In October, 1940, this plane was destroyed in an accident near São Paulo, Brazil.

Variants

Ba.39

The standard two-seat touring and liaison aircraft

Ba.39S

Tandem three-seat touring, communications aircraft introduced in 1934.

Ba.39 Met

Ba.39 Col

Ba.42

In 1934 the Ba.42 was introduced powered by a 179.7 hp (134.00 kW) Fiat A.70S radial engine, with a NACA cowling.

Operators

Kingdom of Italy

• Regia Aeronautica
• Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force

Specifications (Ba.39)

Data from Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930-1945

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 (3 for the Ba.39S)
• Length: 7.44 m (24 ft 5 in)
• Wingspan: 10.41 m (34 ft 2 in)
• Height: 2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 17.51 m² (188.5 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 560 kg (1,235 lb)
• Gross weight: 840 kg (1,852 lb)
• Max takeoff weight:
• Powerplant: 1 × Colombo S.63 6-cyl. inline piston engine, 100 kW (140 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 220 km/h; 119 kn (137 mph)
• Range: 901 km; 487 nmi (560 mi)
• Endurance: 3 hr 30min
• Service ceiling: 6,005 m (19,700 ft)
• Rate of climb: 3.2 m/s (630 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 13,210 ft (4,026 m) in 21 minutes

References

• Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis: "La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300pp.