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- 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.
- Looking
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.
- Remains 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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