Societa Italiana Aviazione
The Società Italiana Aviazione (SIA) was an Italian company founded in Turin in 1916 which produced military aircraft.[1]
Aircraft designers Umberto Savoia and Ottorino Pomilio, the designers of the SP1 aircraft for Fiat who formed their own company, Costruzioni Aeronautiche Ing. O. Pomilio & C in February 1916. Ing. Torretta was chief designer in 1916-1918.
In 1916, began licensed production of the SP2, an improved Maurice Farman-type, designed by Savoia and Pomilio with Fiat A14 12-cylinder air-cooled engine; this was followed by production of the SP3 and 4. At the same time, SIA also built their licensed Maurice Farman MF-11, known as the SIA5B. SIA's first original aircraft was the SIA7, a 2-seat tractor bomber/ reconnaissance; it, the SIA7B, which was SIA's most successful aircraft (573 built), and the SIA9B (62 built by WWI Armistice), were all designed in 1917 by SIA's chief designer, Torretta. (The SIA9B used a 12-cylinder Fiat A14 engine.) Assets were merged back into Fiat in early 1918, SIA being renamed Fiat Aviazionie.
1919AYB uses SIA as abbreviation for Società Italiana Aeroplani so need to find out whether that was a name used for this firm or was another firm. And is this one the same or different? Società Aeronautica d’Italia.
Locations: Fiat factories in Turin, initially, and, later in 1916, its own new factory and hangars at Mirafiori.
Sources and references
- Gunston, 1993, p116, 242, 269, 277
- Gunston, 2005, p164, 369, 411, 424
- SD123, 232, 250, 259
- AHAH
| Organization names | Società Italiana Aviazione; Societa Italiana Aviazione; SIA; Fiat |
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| Country | Italy |
| City | Turin; Mirafiori |
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| Started aero | 1916 |
| Ended aero | 1918 |
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