Breda Ba.25

infobox Aircraft
name = Ba.25
type = Trainer aircraft
manufacturer = Breda Meccanica Bresciana



caption = Breda Ba.25 in single-seat seaplane configuration.
designer =
first flight = 1931
introduction = 1932
retired =
status =
primary user = Regia Aeronautica
more users = Royal Hungarian Air Force
produced = 1931-1938
number built = 753
unit cost =
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variants with their own articles = The Breda Ba.25 was an Italian two-seat biplane trainer aircraft designed and built by the Breda company. It was the most widely used Italian basic trainer of the 1930s.

Design and development

The first flight took place near Milan in 1931. Initially designed as a single-seat aircraft, the prototype was later converted to a two-seat fuselage. Flight testing of the two-seat variant was successful, and in late 1931 Regia Aeronautica ordered a series of 100 Ba.25 training aircraft. The student and instructor sat in open tandem cockpits, although some versions had a single-bay cockpit.

The initial production order was completed by 1935, but demand for the aircraft increased and production for the Regia Aeronautica totalled 719 by the end of 1938. Many others were produced for export or for private use with different radial engines like the Alfa Romeo Lynx or Walter Castor.

Operational history

The Ba.25 remained in service of the Regia Aeronautica as training aircraft during World War II. Some of the aircraft were seized and handed over to the Allies. [ [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/ba25.html "Ba.25" entry at the "Уголок неба" website (Russian)] ]

Variants

There were many minor variants:;Ba.25:Main production version.;;Ba.25/Lynx:Fitted with a 200-hp (149-kW) Alfa Romeo Lynx engine.;;Ba.25/D.2:Fitted with a 240-hp (179-kW) Alfa Romeo D.2 engine.;;Ba.25/Mezzo-Asso:Fitted with a 220-hp (164-kW) Isotta-Fraschini Asso 200 engine.;;Ba.25 "Ridotto"':Reduced-span aerobatic version.;Ba.25-I ("I" for "Idro"):Floatplane version (42 built);Ba.26:Primary trainer with a longer wingspan and Walter NZ 120 engine, prototype only.;Ba.28:Export version with Piaggio-built Gnome-Rhône 7K engine for Norway, Paraguay, China and Ethopia, among others.

=Operators=;AFG;BOL;China as ROC;ECU;ETH;flag|Hungary|1940
*Royal Hungarian Air Force;flag|Italy|1861-state
*"Regia Aeronautica";NOR;PAR

pecifications (Ba.25)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= prop
ref= [Jackson, Robert, "The Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft", Paragon, 2002. ISBN 0-75258-130-9]
crew= Two (student & instructor)
capacity=
length main= 8.00 m
length alt= 26 ft 3 in
span main= 10.0 m
span alt= 32 ft 10 in
height main= 2.90 m
height alt= 9 ft 6 in
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loaded weight main= 1,000 kg
loaded weight alt= 2,204 lb
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engine (prop)= Alfa Romeo licence-built Armstrong Siddeley Lynx
type of prop= 7-cylinder radial engine
number of props=1
power main= 164 kW
power alt= 220 hp
power original=
max speed main= 205 km/h
max speed alt= 110 knots, 127 mph
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range main= 400 km
range alt= 216 nm, 248 mi
ceiling main= 4,900 m
ceiling alt= 16,075 ft
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References

External links

* [http://avia.russian.ee/air/italy/breda-25.php "Breda Ba.25" entry at the "Virtual Aircraft Museum" website]
* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/ba25.html "Ba.25" entry at the "Уголок неба" website (Russian)]

ee also

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similar aircraft=
* de Havilland Tiger Moth - N3N Canary - Yokosuka K5Y
sequence=
* ← Ba.15 - Ba.16 - Ba.19 - Ba.25 - Ba.26 - Ba.27 - Ba.28 - Ba.32 - Ba.33 - Ba.39 →

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