CFS Ansaldo S.V.A.5.
Aeronautica Militare Italiana.
The Ansaldo S.V.A. 5 was a sturdy two-seater reconnaissance aeroplane used on this and other duties, in service in the Aeronautica Militare Italiana during WWI.
At 9:20 a.m. on August 9, 1918, a squadron of eight italian Ansaldo S.V.A.5s raided the city of Vienna. Commanding this squadron were Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio and his pilot Captain Natale Palli. They didn't drop bombs, though; they dropped leaflets containing the poet's writings. One read in part, "On the wind of victory that is rising from the rivers of liberty, we only came for the joy of the exploit and in order to demonstrate what we can dare and do when we want, at the time that we choose." It was, in a sense, D'Annunzio's way of saying "Nah nah, nah naah, nah!" to the all-but-defeated Austrians. It also proved once more, of course, that the pen is mightier than the sword.
The S.V.A. 5 was particularly well suited to this mission, as it had already exhibited excellent range. In May 21, 1918, one made a reconnaissance of Friedrichshafen, a distance of 435 miles. In their literary raid of Vienna, D'Annunzio and his mates flew more than 620 miles, almost 500 over enemy territory.
General characteristics
Crew: two
Wing span 9.1 m (29 ft 10 1/4 in.)
Length 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in.)
Height 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in.)
Weight 1050 kg (2315 lb)
Powerplant: One S.P.A. 6A inline-6, liquid-cooled, 220 hp; two-blade propeller.
Performance
Maximum speed 230 km/h (143 mph/124 kts)
Ceiling 6700 m (21,980 ft)
Endurance 6 hrs
Armament
Provision for 3× 0.30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun
FS98 Aircraft Designer: Angelo Moneta
Reworked BMP textures, moving parts and DP for CFS: Edmundo Abad Dec. 2010
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I have included a panel, moving parts and damage profile for use with CFS1, with armament of three 0.30 machine guns and bombs.
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Installation CFS
1. Unzip to Temporaly directory "sva1.zip".
2. Copy "sva1" folder to X:\CFS\aircraft directory.
