Fiat 700
The Fiat R.700 was a racing aircraft developed by Fiat Aviation Air Force in the early twenties of the twentieth century.
The project, directed by the engineer Celestino Rosatelli, and the realization of the aircraft were completed within a few months, between 1919 and 1921.
The Fiat 700 R was a single-engine biplane large and classic setting.
The fuselage was characterized by two seats in tandem cockpits, the front for the pilot, the rear for the mechanic. Ending in a classic rear empennage monoderiva braced with horizontal planes.
The configuration was biplane wing with the two planes wing linked together by two pairs of uprights "to N", two per side, integrated by tie rods of steel cable.
The landing gear was fixed, with the front of large wheels connected to the lower part of the fuselage and wing panels to lower a tubular cross and was integrated at the rear by a shoe support.
Propulsion was provided by a Fiat A.14 engine, a 12-cylinder 60 ° V liquid-cooled capable of delivering a power of 700hp (515 kW), combined with two-bladed wooden propeller Fixed pitch.
Derived from the bomber Fiat BR, R.700 was specifically designed to conquer new speed records; 1 October 1921 he won the "circuit of 100km", flying an average of 300km/h, while August 22, 1922 was awarded the distinction of "speed in a straight line," touching 336km/h test pilot at the controls of the company, Francesco Brach Papa
That same year, Henry was enrolled in the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe, aeronautics competition named after Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe and organized by Aero-Club de France under the auspices of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), where it was conducted, without success, Once again from Brach Pope
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