SAIMAN 200

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name=SAIMAN 200


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type=Two-seat primary trainer
manufacturer=Società Industrie Meccaniche Aeronautiche Naval
designer=MArio Bottino
first flight=1938
introduced=1940
retired=1947
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primary user=Italian Air Force
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number built=130
variants with their own articles=The SAIMAN 200 was a 1930s Italian two-seat primary trainer designed and built by the Società Industrie Meccaniche Aeronautiche Naval (SAIMAN).

Development

Designed as a basic trainer the first of theee prototypes SAIMAN 200 first flew at the end of 1938. It was a wooden conventional biplane with a wide track tailwheel landing gear and powered by a nose-mounted 185hp (138kW) Alfa-Romeo 115 engine. Two prototypes with 120hp (74kW) Alfa-Romeo 110 engine were also built designated the SAIMAN 205. Two aircraft were sold to the Italian airline Ala Littoria which was followed by three production batches for the Regia Aeronautica. Caproni-Vizzola built 115 aircraft and SAIMAN built 25. Early accidents in use resulted in structural strengthening and modification to the production aircraft.

Operational history

The SAIMAN 200 was used by Regia Aeronautica primary training schools and some were also used for liaison duties. After the 1943 armistice the surviving aircraft were also used by the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force, the Germans and the Allies.

Variants

;SAIMAN 200:Production aircraft with an Alfa Romeo 115 engine, 128 built.;SAIMAN 205:Powered by an Alfa Romeo 110 engine, 2 prototypes only.

Operators

;CRO
*Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia;flagicon|Nazi Germany
*Luftwaffe;ITA
*Ala Littoria
*Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force
*Regia Aeronautica

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empty weight lb=1678
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References

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*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=|pages=