Breda Ba.33
The Breda Ba.33 was an Italian light sport aircraft built by Breda, designed under the leadership of Cesare Pallavicino. It first flew in 1930. The initial Ba.33 Serie 1 was a two‑seat, low‑wing monoplane with external bracing between the wings and the fuselage, powered by a 120 hp de Havilland Gipsy III engine.
Two Serie 2 variants followed: one kept the Gipsy engine, while the other used a Colombo engine. Breda also made a single‑seat version, the Ba.33S, which had an enclosed cockpit and a stronger Colombo S63 engine of about 130 hp.
After its 1930 debut, the Ba.33 and its variants became popular for touring and racing during the 1930s. In 1931 a Ba.33 won the Giro aereo d’Italia (Air Tour of Italy). Ba.33 aircraft equipped the Italian team for the 1932 International Touring Competition, with Winifred Spooner also taking part. Ambrogio Colombo led the contest after technical trials. However, on 23 August 1932 two Bredas crashed due to weak wing construction, resulting in the death of a mechanic during bailouts, and Italy withdrew its teams from the competition.
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