Reggiane Re.2000 Falco I, 2340 / 405, Flygvapenmuseum Malmen
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Registration: 2340
Construction Number: 405
Code Number: 40
Model Reggiane Re.2000 Falco I
Operator: Flygvapenmuseum Malmen
Airport: Linkoping - Malmen (ESCF), Sweden
Photographer: Brian Johnstone
Date Taken: 25/01/2012
Date Submitted: 10/05/2012
Reggianes first produced aircraft with aluminium skin was the Re 2000 Falco 1. Earlier aircraft were of wooden constuction. It was designed by the team Antonio Alessio and Robert Longhi, but it is obvious that the Seversky-Republic EP-1 (in Sweden J 9) generally was used as pattern. At the trials, the Falco behaved very well, but Regia Aeronautica did not trust the strength of the design, and placed no orders. Almost all of the 170 manufactured Re 2000 were sold abroad. Sweden and Hungary were the major purchasers.
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