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Bacini e Scali Napoletani began 1923 with repairs to marine aircraft and progressed to licence construction 1936.
Designer Filippo Bastianelli gave his name to PRB flying-boat, first product of Società Industriale per l'Aviazione 1918. Large biplane, civil or military, 4 300-hp Fiat in tandem pairs.
Cantieri Aeronautici Bergamaschi formed at Bergamo 1926 to produce improved training aircraft, C.1 and C.2 biplanes. Became subsidiary of Caproni 1931, hence A.P.1 close-support monoplane, Borea, Ghibli and Libbecio received…
This Milan company built BN.1 Saetta, twin-fuselage fighter, designed by Nardi, completed 1939 but not flown until fitted with 2 1,350-hp DB 605. Bestelli-Colombo C.3 4-seat tourer with 2 135-hp…
Aeronàutica Vittorio Bonomi built several light aircraft 1926-30; see Bossi-Bonomi. Became Lombarda.
This company built at least 8 aeroplanes 1910-13. First appears to have been Bossi-Majoli biplane of 1911 with girder fuselage and chain reduction drive from low Gnome to high propeller.…
Enea Bossi and Vittorio Bonomi built pioneer man-powered aircraft 1937, claimed flights near 1 km.
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda, Milan engineering company, was given 1916 contract to build Caproni bombers. Then followed profusion of original designs, covering many aircraft categories: A.2 cantilever monoplane 1921 for…
BredaNardi Costruzioni Aeronautiche formed Milan 15 February 1971 by Breda and Nardi in equal shares to build Hughes (later McDonnell Douglas) 300C and 500C helicopters and derivatives. Became subsidiary of…
Alitalia captain Renato Bucciero, assisted by Gastone Canal, built SVIT training/touring aircraft 1969.
Costruzioni Aeronautiche Novaresi SA, at Cameri, Novara, was subsidiary of Fiat. Among first designs were Lictor 90 (90 hp) and Lictor 130 (130 hp) low-wing cabin monoplanes of 1935. First…
Formed 1923 as Cantieri Navali Triestino, sometimes rendered as CNT or Cant but correctly as CANT, wholly-owned subsidiary of famed shipyard Cantieri Navali di Monfalcone, also of Trieste. Appointed chief…
New company formed 1931 as Cantieri Riuniti dell’ Adriatico (CRDA), but products continued to be known by CANT title. Marshal Balbo persuaded Filippo Zappata to leave Blériot-SPAD and join as…
Count Gianni Caproni set up first of many companies and subsidiaries 1907, as qualified electrical engineer. Built large biplane at Milan (27 May 1910) and a year later with Agostini…
Costruzioni Aeronautiche Taliedo established 1937 at Milan. Produced Tm.2 transport glider 1939 (crashed 1946) and QR.14 Levriero tandem-seat monoplane with 2 130-hp Alfa 110bis engines and trousered landing gear designed…
Antonio Chiribiri worked on cars, becoming chief engineer of Miller, Turin. Produced 40-hp engine made mainly of light alloy, and for this designed monoplane copied from Blériot (March 1911). Subsequently…
Costruzioni Meccaniche Aeronautiche SA new name 1930 for Società di Costruzioni Meccaniche di Pisa (see SCMP), became Fiat subsidiary same year. Long series of M.F. seaplanes and flying-boats, ending with…
Compagna Nazionale Aeronautica, established Rome to build own and licensed light aircraft and engines 1920-40.
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