Militi M.B.1
# Militi M.B.1

The Militi M.B.1 is an Italian single-seat flying-boat glider designed and built by Bruno Militi.

## Design and development

Militi started to build his design for a flying-boat glider in October 1964 and it first flew on 13 August 1967. The M.B.1 is a parasol-wing monoplane with a two-step hull and a fuselage of aluminium alloy, wood and fibreglass. The mixed construction wing is supported by two N-struts in the centre and a vee-strut outboard on each side, it has plain ailerons but no flaps. The pilot has an open cockpit with a small windscreen. From 1969 Militi developed a powered version as the M.B.2 Leonardo which first flew in 1970.

## Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1974-75

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 5.91 m (19 ft 4.75 in)
* Wingspan: 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
* Width: 0.90 m (2 ft 11.5 in)
* Height: 1.95 m (6 ft 4.75 in)
* Wing area: 11.40 $m^2$ (122.7 sq ft)
* Aspect ratio: 5.7
* Empty weight: 85 kg (187 lb)
* Gross weight: 165 kg (363 lb)
