Talk:Savoia-Marchetti S.55

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Did you know... that one of the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic was the Italian Savoia-Marchetti S.55 flying boat, which went on to serve in the Luftwaffe in WWII?

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one of the first

And who was the first? A natural question to have it answered in a See Also. Mikkalai 04:01, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, the American NC-4 was the first (May 1919), and Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy aircraft made the first non-stop flight (June 1919). If you want to integrate this into the article, be my guest. All this info is in the Atlantic Ocean article which is linked btw. -Lommer 06:46, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

How do others feel about the newly added diagram of the S.55? I personally find it cartoonish and think it actually detracts from the article. I do think it has a good perspective of the plane, and I will try to find another image that might serve as a replacement, but I would actually lean towards removing this picture from the article. -Lommer 06:46, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 01:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

crew movement

Could the crew travel from one hull to the other and to the cockpit during flight? Dan Bollinger (talk) 17:49, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]