SIAI-Marchetti

SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer.
The original company was founded in 1915 as SIAI (Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia - Seaplane company of Northern Italy). After World War I it gained the name Savoia, when it acquired the Società Anonima Costruzioni Aeronautiche Savoia, an Italian aircraft company founded by Umberto Savoia in 1915.
The name Marchetti was added when chief designer Alessandro Marchetti joined the company in 1922. Savoia-Marchetti gained prominence with the successful S.55 flying boat. Savoia-Marchetti became famous for its flying boats and seaplanes, which set numerous endurance and speed records. Favoured by Air Marshal Italo Balbo, the company began rapidly prototyping and developing a number of other aircraft, increasingly focusing on warplanes in the lead-up to World War II. However, most of S.M.'s manufacturing capabilities were destroyed in World War Two. It was renamed SIAI-Marchetti in 1943.
SIAI-Marchetti only survived in postwar Italy by building trucks and railway equipment. However it still struggled with insolvency for six years after the war before declaring bankruptcy in 1951. In 1953, the company reopened. It began to focus increasingly on helicopters in the 1970s and was eventually purchased by the aerospace firm Agusta in 1983.

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SF.260 | S.205

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SIAI-Marchetti SF.260

The SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 (now Leonardo SF-260) is an Italian light aircraft which has been commonly marketed as a military trainer and aerobatics aircraft.
The SF.260 was designed by Italian aircraft designer Stelio Frati, while production work originally performed by Milan-based aviation manufacturer Aviamilano. On 15 July 1964, the first prototype performed its maiden flight (then designated F.260). Shortly thereafter, responsibility for production was transferred to SIAI-Marchetti, who had purchased the rights to the design; manufacturing continued to be performed by this firm until the company was bought by Aermacchi in 1997.

SIAI-Marchetti SF.260, registration D-EDUR, built 1968, serial number 1-10
Flugplatz Asperden (EDLG), Asperden, Germany, 4 June 2017

SIAI-Marchetti SF.260, registration N266SF, built 1969, serial number 2-29
Nijmegen, Netherlands, 21 June 2017

SIAI-Marchetti SF.260M, registration ST-22, built 1970, serial number 10-22
Den Helder Airport (DHR/EHKD), Den Helder, Netherlands, 16 September 2017

SIAI-Marchetti SF.260M, registration ST-06, built 1970, serial number 10-06
Den Helder Airport (DHR/EHKD), Den Helder, Netherlands, 16 September 2017

SIAI-Marchetti SF.260M, registration ST-36, built 1971, serial number 10-36
Den Helder Airport (DHR/EHKD), Den Helder, Netherlands, 16 September 2017

SIAI-Marchetti SF.260MB, registration ST-34, built 1971, serial number 10-34
Den Helder Airport (DHR/EHKD), Den Helder, Netherlands, 16 September 2017

Red Devils, SIAI-Marchetti SF.260
Kleine Brogel, Belgium, 14 September 2019

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SF.260 | S.205

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SIAI-Marchetti S.205

The SIAI-Marchetti S.205 is a four-seat, single-engine, light airplane, that made its maiden flight in 1965.
The S.205 was the brainchild of the head designer Alexander Brena in 1964. Brena wanted to make a light, general-purpose aircraft, which led to the S.205. The aircraft was all-metal, low-winged, single-engined and provided space for four persons. Further development led into the S.208, which had a 260 hp engine, retractable landing gear, and 5 seats.
Approximately 65 fuselages were transported to the United States, to be assembled in Syracuse, New York by the Waco Aircraft Company. With the death of Mr. Berger, the president of the company, the assembly of the S.205 came to a halt in the US.

SIAI-Marchetti S.205, registration N205AB, built 1966, serial number 211
Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 4 October 2022

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SF.260 | S.205

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