Aircraft Identification Help Needed

[DanieleZ69]

Ehm..Hello!!? Sorry for intromission and my poor english.
I'am Daniele, from Italy. In a Italian forum from G.A.V.S. site (Gruppo Amici Velivoli Storici - Historical Aircraft Friends Group) we try to identify an old italian aircraft from a photo of his cockpit. Now i ask you: you can help us? I have found your forum and this Topic, i think you are experts.
This is the photo:
http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=copiadifoto1wm9.jpg
Thank's !!
Daniele

[MReyn24050]

Hi Daniele.
It would appear to be an Italian twin engined aircraft possibly early 1930s. My immediate thoughts are that this aircraft is the Savoia Marchetti S.55X. The control column is construction similar to that used on the SM S.55 shown in this photograph:-
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/Aircraft/Cockpit%20quiz/S55.jpg
This photograph was published on the thread "What Cockpit" in Dec 2005.
On 1st July 1933, 25 Savoia Marchetti seaplanes took off from Ortebello, Italia, for a second Atlantic Cruise, to celebrate the ten years of the "Regia Aeronautica". The new Savoia S.55X variant (X is the Roman numeral for 10 years) had improved streamlining, enlarged hulls, and new closely cowled 860 hp Isotta Fraschini Asso 750 engines.
Mel

[NutLoose]

Hi Daniele,

I have asked a friend of mine a fellow Italian if he can help you out on this, he is Ferdinando D'Amico a well known historian and author of Aviation History.

see link for some of his books, I will let you know when he gets back to me ok :)

http://books.stonebooks.com/cgi-bin/foxweb.exe/base/author?fdamico

[MReyn24050]

Hello Daniele. Any response?

[DanieleZ69]

Hello! Good Morning and thanks for your help!! now i post your info and suggestions on the Gavs site and i wait opinions!!!
Many thanks!!!!!!

[irishair2001]

Looking at the the cockpit window configuration,I think it may be a Macchi MC 94 Amphibian ,that was built around 1936.

[MReyn24050]

It is not the Macchi MC 94. This is the cockpit of the Macchi MC94.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/sabamel/MACCHIMC.94.jpg