La Crociera Aerea del Decennale

Balbo's North Atlantic Flight in 1933

The sea planes Seaplane S.M 55 X Engine Asso 750 Instruments The communications Communications network Radio cabin Manuals Donath lamp The ships Ship Alice Submarine Domenico Millelire Submarine Balilla Drifter Pellegrino Matteucci Drifter Giuseppe Biglieri 6 whalers 4 danish ships Icebreaker Ungava The airplanes in support Airplane I-AAXZ The equipment Clothing The Belloni bag		The means of North American Balbo's Flight The Savoia Marchetti S 55 X were chosen, where X stood for the Decennial of the foundation of the Aeronautical weapon, with two powerful Asso 750 engines on line that supplied 1,500 horses together. The only means of communication between planes was the telegraph, with which the marconists sent and received messages. Through the radio station, the marconists also understood the direction of the radio waves coming from the beacons, so they managed to direct the route. There were few tools that supported the pilot. Click on the side to see the details of each vehicle, click on the images below to enlarge them.