Aermacchi
| Private Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | Alenia Aermacchi |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Founder | Giulio Macchi |
| Defunct | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Varese, Italy |
| Parent | Leonardo S.p.A. |
| Website |
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Aermacchi was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Formerly known as Aeronautica Macchi, the company was founded in 1912 by Giulio Macchi at Varese in north-western Lombardy as Nieuport-Macchi, to build Nieuport monoplanes under licence for the Italian military. With a factory located on the shores of Lake Varese, the firm originally manufactured a series of Nieuport designs, as well as seaplanes.
After World War II, the company began producing motorcycles as a way to fill the post-war need for cheap, efficient transportation.
The company later specialised in civil and military pilot training aircraft. In July 2003, Aermacchi was integrated into the Finmeccanica Group (now Leonardo)[1] as Alenia Aermacchi, which increased its shareholding to 99%.
Military trainers
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Since the beginning, the design and production of military trainers have been the core business of Alenia Aermacchi.
The products include:
Military collaboration
Alenia Aermacchi has cooperated in international military programs:
- AMX Program :
Alenia Aermacchi takes part in the AMX program with Alenia Aeronautica and Embraer of Brazil with a total share of 24%. Alenia Aermacchi develops and manufactures the fuselage forward and rear sections and installs some avionic equipment in the aircraft. A Mid-Life Updating program is required by the Italian Air Force to upgrade the aircraft capabilities.
- Panavia Tornado program :
Alenia Aermacchi designs and produces wing pylons and wing tips, roots, trailing edges and flaps, which represents a 5% share in the overall program.
- Eurofighter program :
Alenia Aermacchi has a share of more than 4% in the Eurofighter program, for the design and development of wing pylons, twin missile and twin store carriers, ECM pods, carbon fiber structures and titanium engine cowlings.
- C-27J program :
After participating in the G-222 transport aircraft program, the company is involved in the new Military Transport Aircraft C-27J Spartan, for the production of outer wings.
Civil programs
Since the mid-1990s, Alenia Aermacchi has participated in programs for the supply of engine nacelles for civil aircraft. It produces cold parts for engine nacelles: inlets, fan cowls and EBU, the systems-to-engine interface. In 1999, the company established a joint venture (MHD) with Hurel-Dubois (presently Hurel-Hispano, of SNECMA group), a French company specializing in the development and manufacture of thrust reversers, to obtain the full responsibility for the development of nacelles installed on maximum 100-seat aircraft.
Aermacchi aircraft
World War I
- Macchi L.1 – reconnaissance flying boat (Lohner copy)
- Macchi L.2 – flying boat biplane (Lohner copy)
- Nieuport-Macchi N.VI – reconnaissance monoplane (license-built Nieuport monoplane with local modifications)
- Nieuport-Macchi parasol monoplane – reconnaissance monoplane (developed from Nieuport VI)
- Nieuport-Macchi N.10 – fighter/reconnaissance sesquiplane (license-built Nieuport 10 with local modifications)
- Nieuport-Macchi N.11 – fighter sesquiplane (license-built Nieuport 11 with local modifications)
- Nieuport-Macchi N.17 – fighter sesquiplane (license-built Nieuport 17 with local modifications)
- Macchi M.3 – flying boat biplane (1916)
- Macchi M.5 – flying boat fighter (1917)
- Macchi M.6 – flying boat fighter prototype (1917)
- Macchi M.7 – flying boat fighter (1918)
- Macchi M.8 – reconnaissance, bomber flying boat (1917)
- Macchi M.9 – flying boat bomber (1918)
- Macchi M.12 – flying boat bomber (1918)
- Macchi M.14 – sesquiplane fighter (1918)
Interwar
- Nieuport-Macchi N.29 – biplane fighter (license-built Nieuport-Delage NiD.29)
- Macchi M.7bis – Schneider Trophy racing seaplane (1920)
- Macchi M.15 – reconnaissance, bomber, and trainer aircraft (1922)
- Macchi M.16 – sports aircraft (1919)
- Macchi M.17bis – Schneider Trophy racing seaplane (1922)
- Macchi M.18 – passenger, bombing, and reconnaissance flying boat
- Macchi M.19 – Schneider Trophy racing seaplane (1920)
- Macchi M7ter – flying boat fighter (1923), major redesign of M.7
- Macchi M.24 – flying boat bomber (1924)
- Macchi M.26 – flying boat fighter prototype (1924)
- Macchi M.33 – Schneider Trophy racing seaplane (1925)
- Macchi M.39 – Schneider Trophy racing seaplane (1926)
- Macchi M.40 – reconnaissance seaplane (1928)
- Macchi M.41 – flying boat fighter (1927)
- Macchi M.52 – Schneider Trophy racing seaplane (1927)
- Macchi M.52R – Schneider Trophy racing seaplane (1929)
- Macchi M.53 – reconnaissance floatplane (1929)
- Macchi M.67 – Schneider Trophy racing seaplane (1929)
- Macchi M.70 – light biplane landplane/floatplane (ca. 1929)
- Macchi M.71 – flying boat fighter (1930)
- Macchi M.C.72 – Schneider Trophy racing seaplane (1931)
- Macchi M.C.94 – flying boat airliner (1935)
- Macchi M.C.100 – passenger flying boat (1939)
- Macchi M.C.200 Saetta – fighter (1939)
World War II
- Macchi M.C.202 Folgore – fighter (1941)
- Macchi M.C.205 Veltro – fighter (1942)
Post-World War II
- Macchi M.B.308 – utility aircraft (1948)
- Macchi M.B.320 – light civil utility aircraft (1949)
- Macchi M.B.323 – trainer (1952)
- Aermacchi MB-326 – trainer and light attack aircraft (1957)
- Aermacchi AL-60 – light civil utility aircraft (1959)
- Aermacchi SF.260 – aerobatics aircraft and military trainer (1964)
- Aermacchi MB-335 – initial designation of the AM.3
- Aermacchi AM.3 – military utility aircraft (1967)
- Aermacchi MB-338 – trainer (early 1970s)
- Aermacchi MB-340 – light ground-attack aircraft (early 1970s)
- Aermacchi MB-339 – trainer (1976)
- Aermacchi S-211 – trainer (1981)
- Aermacchi M-290 RediGO – trainer (1985)
- Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master – trainer (2004)
- Alenia Aermacchi M-311 – trainer (2005)
Motorcycles
Aermacchi began producing motorcycles after World War II.
In 1960, US business Harley-Davidson motorcycles purchased 50% of Aermacchi's motorcycle division. The remaining motorcycle holdings were sold in 1974 to AMF-Harley-Davidson, with motorcycles continuing to be made at Varese. The business was sold to Cagiva in 1978.
See also
- List of Italian companies
- Harley-Davidson Baja 100 off-road motorcycle
References
- ↑ "Leonardo: filing of Articles of Association - DETAIL - Leonardo - Aerospace, Defence and Security". www.leonardocompany.com.
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