Ambrosini S.1001 Grifo

The Ambrosini S.1001 Grifo is an Italian private plane appeared shortly after the end of the Second world war.

Four-seater of tourism

First plane built by SAI Ambrosini after the second world war, the prototype flew in 1947. Derived from SAI 2S prewar, it was a four-seater monoplane of school and tourism with ducted fixed train. A small series was carried out for the Italian clubs with an engine Alfa Romeo A.110ter of 130 ch. 3 specimens were even bought by the FRIENDLY , which used them between 1948 and 1950.

A plane of raid

In 1948 the Italian crew == Bonzi-Lualdi == established a record of distance while flying of Udine to Massaua (Erythrée) that is to say 4650 km without stopover. January 10th, 1949, on board same apparatus, baptized Angelo dei Bimbi they gained Dakar for an attempt for the Latin America. After having overcome the opposition of the French authorities, they took off of Yoff on January 29th, 1949, without radio nor parachutes to be able to embark 800 liters of fuel. 17 hours later they were posed with Parnaiba , to 400 km in the north of Recife. At the conclusion of a triumphal round which was then to carry out them Brésil, in Uruguay and Argentine, they collected 500 million Liras near the Italian community living in these countries to help with the economic restarting of the Italy. Their plane is preserved today at the Alfa Romeo Museum of Milan - Arese.

A two-seater of school

The Ambrosini S.1002 Trasimeno was a two-seater version of basic drive of S.1001 which was proposed with the FRIENDLY with an engine De Havilland Gipsy Major X of 160 ch, a more important dihedron of aerofoil and a slightly higher scale. Some specimens only were built for the Italian flying-clubs, the soldiers not having ordered this plane.

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