| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | I-ALAL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | CANT Z506 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | CANT Z506 |
| Aircraft Version: | CANT Z.506C Airone |
| C/n (msn): | 3547 |
| Operator Titles: | Ala Littoria |
| Location | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | February 1938 to June 1940 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 648644 |
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The Z.506C model of the Airone seaplane was a 14-passenger airliner but this first airframe, I-ALAL, was a special which in March and April 1938 made a route proving flight from Lido di Roma to Buenos Aires and back, covering 24,000 km at an average speed of over 300 km/h. Small Ala Littoria titles worn in cheatline. Where is that monument or lighthouse? I-ALAL impressed for military duties in June 1940. Photo supplied by the Fasisct era Italian Library of Information in New York City. Photo from: Smithsionian Institution This photo was added on 29 January 2024, and has since been viewed 413 times. |