Talk:Santa Maria

Amphibious aircraft
There was also an Italian amphibious aircraft named Santa Maria that crashed while attempting a trip around the world. It looked like a catamaran and carried the pilot and copilot on one side and the mechanics on the other/ It had a two-bladed propellor in front with a four-bladed propellor (with a separate engine) in the rear. After crashing into a lake in Arizona it was recovered through efforts of the Italian community in Albuquerque. The wreckage was shipped to Italy, and one of the organizers of the recovery was knighted as a result. There is a prominent display on it at the Albuquerque International Sunport. The preceding is from memory; I have no documentation other than some photos of the exhibit. Jim (talk) 16:34, 10 April 2009 (UTC)