Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale (Italian: marsupial) was an Italian passenger and military transport aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s. It was a low-wing, trimotor monoplane of mixed metal and wood construction with a retractable tailwheel undercarriage. It was the last of a line of transport aeroplanes that Alessandro Marchetti began designing in the early 1930s. The SM.75 was fast, robust, capable of long-range flight and could carry up to 24 passengers for 1,000 miles.
| SM.75 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Civil airliner & military transport |
| Manufacturer | Savoia-Marchetti |
| Designer | Alessandro Marchetti (1884–1966) |
| First flight | 1937 |
| Introduction | 1938 |
| Retired | 1949 |
| Primary users | Italy Hungary |
| Number built | 90 |
| Variants | Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 |
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