Idrovolante Cant Z.506 e sommergibile Enrico Toti

Idrovolante Cant Z.506 e sommergibile Enrico Toti nel 1942.
The CANT Z.506 Airone (Italian: Heron) was a triple-engine floatplane produced by CANT (Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico - Cantiere Navale Triestino) from 1935. It served as a transport and postal aircraft with the Italian airline "Ala Littoria". It established 10 world records in 1936 and another 10 in 1937. During World War II it was used as a reconnaissance aircraft, bomber and air-sea rescue plane, by the Italian Regia Aeronautica and Regia Marina, Aeronautica Cobelligerante del Sud, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana and the Luftwaffe. The military version revealed itself to be one of the best floatplanes ever built. Despite its wooden structure it was able to operate in very rough seas. A number of Z.506S air-sea rescue aircraft remained in service until 1959.
Il CANT Z.506 Airone era un idrovolante a doppio galleggiante trimotore ad ala bassa, multiruolo, prodotto dalla Italiana Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Cantiere Navale Triestino (C.R.D.A. CANT) dalla metà degli anni trenta.
Bei der Cant Z.506 handelt es sich um ein italienisches dreimotoriges Schwimmerflugzeug von Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini (CANT). Es wurde sowohl in der Rolle eines Aufklärungs- und Seenotrettungsflugzeuges als auch als Passagierflugzeug verwendet.