MacRobertson racer turned medium bomber

DEVELOPMENT SAVOIA-MARCHETTI SM79 First prototype I-MAGO at Cameri in the winter of 1934-35, equipped with Piaggio PIX Stella RC2 engines. Produced by the fertile mind of Ing Alessandro Marchetti, the original design of the SM79 was conceived, as reported in a publication of the period, as a “trimotor civilian aircraft to provide a rapid transport service for passengers and post”. In reality, the aircraft was a natural evolution of the preceding S81, configured as an eight-seat trimotor for express services