SIAI S.16

SIAI S.16
Francesco de Pinedo's SIAI S.16ter Gennariello landing on the Brisbane River in Australia in 1925 during his Rome-Australia-Tokyo-Rome flight.
Role Passenger and military flying-boat
National origin Italy
Manufacturer SIAI
Designer Rafaele Conflenti
First flight 1919
Primary user Italian Navy
SIAI S.16
SIAI S.16bis

The SIAI S.16 was an Italian passenger flying boat, later serving as a military reconnaissance-bomber, claimed to be the most successful flying-boat of the 1920s.