The Breda Ba.32 was an Italian

Italy

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 airliner

Airliner

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 prototype

Prototype

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 designed and built by the Breda

Società Italiana Ernesto Breda

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 company.

Design and development

The Breda Ba.32 was a low-wing trimotor

Trimotor

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 monoplane

Monoplane

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 with fixed, spatted main landing gear. It was powered by three Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney

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 Wasp Junior

Pratt & Whitney R-985

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 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine

Radial engine

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s. It had a crew of two, and its cabin could accommodate up to 10 passengers.

The Ba.32 prototype first flew in 1931. It displayed good flight characteristics, but no production orders ensued and no further examples were built.

Specifications

• Endurance: 8 hours