Macchi M.16

The Macchi M.16 was a light, single-seat aircraft produced in Italy in 1919. It was a single-bay biplane with unstaggered wings and a largely conventional design except for an unusually deep fuselage that extended in a bulge below the lower wing.

M.16
Role	Sport aircraft
National origin	Italy
Manufacturer	Macchi
Designer	Alessandro Tonini
First flight	1919

The M.16 proved a successful sporting type, setting an altitude record of 3,770 m (12,370 ft) in 1920 while competing for the Coppa Mappelli, and winning first prize in the competition the following year.

Three pontoon-equipped examples were purchased by the United States Navy for evaluation as communication aircraft.