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SVA Aircraft

SVA5, a heavily retouched picture of this fighter with argentinian markings.
Front and side views, as shown in an italian text book.
Checking tyre pressure before a flight, from a crew instruction manual of the Argentinian Army Air Force.

At a military school, the "Liceo Aeronáutico de Funes", are preserved the rare remains of a SVA 10 two-seater. The wings, engine, cowling and most of the cockpit components are missing, but the rest will give you a good idea of the crafstmanship of those days.

Fuselage overview, with faint painted serial number 18884.
Engine bearers, oil tank and undercarriage struts. Metal panels on the underside are missing too...
Oil tank, engine bearers, inner bracing.
Belly shot: usually this part is covered by a louvred metal cover. However here can be seen the intrincate shapes of interior framing and extensive metal fittings of the structure.
Front cockpit "dashboard" (?) Perhaps this plane was modified to observation duties? This panel doesn't look like an original item, altough is as old as the rest of the airframe.
Front cockpit: As noted before, no controls of any class are fitted. However, between the floorboards, are the remains of the wooden instrument panel, originally fitted in the aft cockpit.
L ooking aft on the same place, showing metal fittings and the shape of the bulkhead. Between the floorboards can be seen the museum floor tiles!
Rear cockpit view, as it is today.
R emains of the pilot padded seat in a very dark green leather. The control column grip can be seen too...
Inside the rear cockpit: control column, heel boards and starboard sidewall. Not attachment supports for an air pump (wich is missing).
Control column "fork" attachment. Note loose rudder cable linkings over it.
From the rear: As the turtledeck is torn, some structural details can be seen. The perforated wooden seat back (into the darkness), a bulkhead with cable linkings for the rudder and the shape of the turtledeck supports. Seems like it also had a wooden "spine" on the higher point, now removed. Note how the fuselage becomes narrower going aft.
Tailskid structure, characteristic of the SVA design, badly damaged.

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