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254:Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough
141:built the M.6. for comparison with its
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364:3.33333 m/s (650 ft/min)
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309:760 kg (1,675 lb)
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161:flying boat fighter with
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133:Design and development
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424:Macchi M.5
379:millimeter
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143:Macchi M.5
117:Macchi M.6
108:Macchi M.5
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252:Data from
220:Operators
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137:In 1917,
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127:prototype
104:Variants
43:prototype
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406:See also
377:1 × 7.7-
370:Armament
195:radiator
167:kilowatt
149:against
900:Portals
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784:M.B.320
779:M.B.308
774:M.C.205
769:M.C.202
764:M.C.201
759:M.C.200
754:M.C.100
553:Parasol
381:(0.303-
358:3 hours
295:Height:
283:Length:
201:(0.303-
191:cockpit
163:plywood
159:biplane
124:fighter
40:fighter
882:SF.260
825:MB-340
820:MB-339
815:MB-338
810:MB-335
805:MB-326
749:M.C.99
744:M.C.94
739:M.C.77
734:M.C.73
729:M.C.72
582:Macchi
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393:Notes:
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189:. Its
68:Macchi
914:Italy
887:M-290
877:S-211
872:AL-60
856:M-346
573:Ni.29
568:Ni.17
563:Ni.11
558:Ni.10
442:Notes
277:Crew:
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88:Italy
58:Italy
33:Role
846:AM.3
724:M.71
719:M.70
714:M.67
709:M.53
704:M.52
699:M.41
694:M.40
689:M.39
684:M.33
679:M.26
674:M.24
669:M.20
664:M.19
659:M.18
654:M.17
649:M.16
644:M.15
639:M.14
634:M.12
548:Ni.6
543:Ni.4
488:ISBN
383:inch
327:1 ×
260:ISBN
203:inch
183:wing
179:hull
115:The
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851:AMX
629:M.9
624:M.8
619:M.7
614:M.6
609:M.5
604:M.4
599:M.3
594:L.2
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