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940:Archived
601:See also
411:Virginia
361:airframe
341:buoyancy
264:elevator
252:fuselage
233:Lombardy
183:Virginia
141:Lombardy
118:seaplane
89:airframe
62:Designer
1352:Portals
1241:M.B.323
1236:M.B.320
1231:M.B.308
1226:M.C.205
1221:M.C.202
1216:M.C.201
1211:M.C.200
1206:M.C.100
1005:Parasol
711:Skyways
545:Height:
518:Length:
240:cockpit
95:History
1334:SF.260
1277:MB-340
1272:MB-339
1267:MB-338
1262:MB-335
1257:MB-326
1201:M.C.99
1196:M.C.94
1191:M.C.77
1186:M.C.73
1181:M.C.72
1034:Macchi
910:
893:
871:
856:
841:
806:25 May
463:
337:torque
272:rudder
229:Varese
225:floats
222:braced
149:braced
137:Varese
115:racing
113:was a
1366:Italy
1339:M-290
1329:S-211
1324:AL-60
1308:M-346
1025:Ni.29
1020:Ni.17
1015:Ni.11
1010:Ni.10
512:Crew:
347:(600-
248:'
1298:AM.3
1176:M.71
1171:M.70
1166:M.67
1161:M.53
1156:M.52
1151:M.41
1146:M.40
1141:M.39
1136:M.33
1131:M.26
1126:M.24
1121:M.20
1116:M.19
1111:M.18
1106:M.17
1101:M.16
1096:M.15
1091:M.14
1086:M.12
1000:Ni.6
995:Ni.4
908:ISSN
891:ISSN
869:ISBN
854:ISBN
839:ISBN
808:2024
571:1 ×
330:span
277:The
268:fins
256:drag
164:drag
109:The
40:Type
21:M.39
1303:AMX
1081:M.9
1076:M.8
1071:M.7
1066:M.6
1061:M.5
1056:M.4
1051:M.3
1046:L.2
1041:L.1
783:BBC
444:in
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