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• Restelli
  ...founders separated. '''Restelli''' continue working in the same sector of aircraft engines, but also dealt on a small car project alongside. The vehicle was t
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• Savoia-Marchetti SM.81
  ...[[Second Italo-Abyssinian War]], where it showed itself to be a versatile aircraft, serving as a bomber, transport and reconnaissance plane. SM.81s also fough ...r Italian forces were fighting. Its low speed and vulnerability to fighter aircraft meant that, during day time, it was restricted to [[second line]] duties, f
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• Bugatti Model 100
  ...engines modified for aircraft use. The engines, which are no longer in the aircraft, were between 4.7-4.9 liters. Crankcases were made of magnesium to reduce w The aircraft is fitted with two metal, ground-adjustable, contra-rotating Ratier propell
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• Bubble car
  ..., [[Messerschmitt KR200|KR200]] and [[Messerschmitt TG500|TG500]] even had aircraft-style bubble canopies, giving rise to the term '''bubble car''' to refer to
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• Oto Melara
  * [[SIDAM 25]] anti-aircraft gun * [[Otomatic]] anti-aircraft tank ([[SPAAG]])
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• Flat-H
  ...engines with more than 12 cylinders, their compact size being useful as [[aircraft engine]]s where their small size allows for better [[aerodynamics]] - see [ ===Aircraft engines===
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• List of vehicle speed records
  ==[[Flight airspeed record|Aircraft]]== | [[Rocket-powered aircraft]] || 7,258 km/h (4,510 mph) || [[North American X-15]] || [[Willi
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• U engine
  ...produced about 40, and Breguet of France, who both intended the engine for aircraft use.
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• Piaggio P.108
  ...use. Most of the P.108Cs were modified for use as [[military]] [[transport aircraft]] which could accommodate 56 soldiers. ...an Theatres of World War II|North African]] theatre. A number of transport aircraft were handed to the [[Luftwaffe]] and were used in the [[Eastern Front (WWII
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• Scirea
  '''Scirea''', which was founded by [[Arturo Scirea]], originally produced in aircraft engines. In 1914 Scirea turned to manufacturing automobiles and began const
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• Windshield
  The '''windshield''' or '''windscreen''' of an [[aircraft]], [[automobile]], [[bus]], [[motorcycle]], or [[tram]] is the front [[wind In aircraft windscreens, a current is applied through a conducting layer of [[tin|tin(I
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• Carlo Felice Trossi
  ...a 16 cylinder, two stroke cycle, two row radial, air cooled engine and an aircraft-like body designed by Augusto Monaco. The car was a spectacular failure an
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• Monocoque
  ...a non-load-bearing skin. Monocoque construction was first widely used in [[aircraft]], starting in the [[1930s]], and is the predominant [[automobile]] constru ==Aircraft==
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• Piaggio P.180 Avanti
  ...]] P.180 Avanti''' is a twin-engine [[:Category:Business aircraft|business aircraft]] produced by [[Piaggio Aero]]. It seats up to nine passengers in a generou ...anti's aerodynamics and turboprop engines result in an extremely efficient aircraft.
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• Brooklands
  ...first flying school at Brooklands. Hewlett and Blondeau also started their aircraft manufacturing business on site before moving to larger premises at [[Leagra ...kers]] aircraft factories there. From 1944-72 Vickers (and later [[British Aircraft Corporation|BAC]]) also used nearby [[Wisley]] aerodrome which offered a lo
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• Carrozzeria Ugo Zagato
  During World War I [[Ugo Zagato]] moved to [[Torino]] and joined the Pomilio aircraft manufacturer, learning lightweight bodycrafting (1915-1919). He established
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• Cabi-Cattaneo
  ...War One, with the extensive use of his unique designs in Italian Air Force aircraft. He also developed and manufactured the engines for the celebrated [[MAS]] ...This success increased Italian presence and prestige in the international aircraft arena.
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• W engine
  ...otorbike]]s. It is this W3 engine which also powered the Blériot XI, the [[aircraft]] used by [[Louis Blériot]] when on the 25th of July, 1909, he made the fi The [[1917]], [[Napier Lion]] aircraft had a first [[W12 engine]].
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• Rotary engine
  ...was an early type of [[internal-combustion engine|internal combustion]] [[aircraft engine]], used mostly in the years shortly before and during [[World War I] ...around it. In the most common form, the crankshaft was fixed solidly to an aircraft frame, and the [[propeller]] simply bolted onto the front of the cylinder b
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