Macchi M.16

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The '''Macchi M.16''' was a light, single-seat aircraft designed by Alessandro Tonini and produced by Macchi in Italy in 1919.

==Design and development== The M.16 was a single-bay biplane with unstaggered wings and a largely conventional design except for an unusually deep fuselage that extended in a bulge below the lower wing. The M.16 was developed in parallel with the Macchi M.20, a two-seat civil trainer aircraft which it resembled and with which it shared many common features.<ref name=macchi_m.20>{{cite web|url=http://www.museocaproni.it/velivoli/macchi-m20.asp|title=Macchi M.20|access-date=24 February 2012|website=museocaproni.it/ Museo dell'Aeronautica Gianni Caproni|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614125444/http://www.museocaproni.it/velivoli/macchi-m20.asp |archive-date=14 June 2012 |language=it}}</ref>

The M.16 proved a successful sporting type, setting an altitude record of 3,770 m (12,370 ft) in 1920 while competing for the ''Coppa Mappelli'' ("Mapelli Cup"), and winning first prize in the competition in 1921.

The United States Navy purchased three float-equipped examples for evaluation as communication floatplanes.

==Operators== ;{{flag|Kingdom of Italy}} *Private users ;{{USA}} *United States Navy ;{{flag|German Empire}} * -<ref>{{cite web|url= https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=ilm&datum=19220216&seite=6|title= Macchi M.16 |date=1922-02-16|publisher= Illustrierte Motorzeitung |access-date=2025-08-14}}</ref>

==Specifications== {{Aircraft specs |prime units? = met |crew=1, pilot |length m=4.43 |length ft=14 |length in=6 |span m=6.00 |span ft=19 |span in=8 |height m=2.12 |height ft=7 |height in=0 |wing area sqm=11.3 |wing area sqft=122 |empty weight kg=160 |empty weight lb=350 |gross weight kg=260 |gross weight lb=570 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Anzani air-cooled radial |eng1 kw=22 |eng1 hp=30 |max speed kmh=165 |max speed mph=103 |range km=420 |range miles=260 }}

==See also== {{aircontent  |see also= |related= *Macchi M.20 |similar aircraft= |lists= *List of flying boats and floatplanes }}

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==References== {{commons category|Macchi M.16}} * {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=617 }} * [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/m16.html Уголок неба]

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