Italy's Volandia museum has unveiled a replica of a Savoia Marchetti S 55 X, an aircraft type which was used by Italo Balbo for his 1933 Atlantic crossing.

In 1933, Balbo led a formation of 24 of these flying boats from Orbetello, Italy to Chicago to participate in the Chicago World Fair named “A Century of Progress”, celebrating the centenary of the founding of the city of Illinois.

This static replica was built over the course of seven years in a total of approximately eight thousand person-hours utilizing the original drawings of Alessandro Marchetti. Thanks to the dedication and passion of a core of ten passionate, former workers of Siai Marchetti of Sesto Calende, and some Volandia volunteers, also supported by important local industries, the museum now exhibits the most iconic Italian air

https://warbirdsnews.com/vintage-aviation/savoia-marchetti-historical-group-unveils-s-55-replica.html#google_vignette

I've posted about these aircraft several times https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=Balbo

the terrific airplane art of Umberto Di Lazzaro, 1898 - 1968

During Benito Mussolini's 10th year in power he commissioned 24 planes to travel to Chicago for the 1933 'Century of Progress' World's Fair. The squadron, led by General Italo Balbo (1896-1940) flew in a skillful formation accross Europe to the U.S and then back to Rome. The planes descended on Chicago in a dramatic swoop and received an enthusiastic welcome from the public causing a media sensation. This landmark event was a highly successful public relations exercise for Italy's facist government and this poster was used to convey the "increasing friendship between the people of Italy and the people of the United States"(Balbo in The New York Times, 16 July 1934).

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5677874

Umberto Di Lazzaro, active for just over a decade at the turn of the twenties and thirties of the twentieth century, with a known production that does not reach fifteen posters. And despite this, it's a fact that there is no publication or exhibition dealing with aeropainting that does not mention him.

https://sites.google.com/site/heritageitaly/hot-news-1/umbertodilazzaro1898-1968cartellonistadegliaerei

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/84480383_umberto-di-lazzaro-italian-1898-1968-italian-aerial

this is an enormous image, so, click on it for full size to really get the detail

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/antikbar/catalogue-id-antikb10000/lot-ddc2a735-9295-439a-821b-a63a00c583b1

https://heritageitaly.blogspot.com/2016/07/umberto-di-lazzaro-1898-1968.html

the Savoia-Marchetti S.55, a cool design, similar to that 1920's Italian river racer, for Boston to New York passenger service, and shocking me, it's connected to last weeks posts on the Yucatan expedition autogyro, as this is Lewis Yancy's plane (under the words Air Via) July, 1929

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5863349513/in/album-72157626899741411/

All the passengers or cargo were placed in the twin hulls, but the pilot and crew captained the plane from a cockpit in the thicker section of the wing, between the two hulls. The S.55 had two inline contra-rotating propellers, mounted in tandem.

The last remaining example is preserved in Brazil, at the TAM "Asas de um sonho" museum, at São Carlos, São Paulo.

you can see the best gallery of these at https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/savoia-marchetti-s-55.html?sortBy=relevant

I had forgotten that I'd posted about them once, but they were not easily recognizable in the poster art about Gemneral Balbo's flight to the 1933 'Century of Progress' World's Fair

See https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2023/02/in-1932-capt-lewis-yancey-piloted.html for Yancy's circumnavigation around South America, and the Auto Gyro flights around the Mayan pyramids in the Yucatan

in 1929, Yancey spoke at Dartmouth about his transatlantic flight, and what it took to arrange such a feat with airplane company, and engines https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/1930/2/1/growth-of-aviation-at-dartmouth in the Green Flash https://www.historynet.com/flight-of-the-yellow-bird-and-the-first-transatlantic-stowaway/

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/431154339/

https://newspaperarchive.com/olean-times-aug-17-1929-p-1/

https://newspaperarchive.com/burlington-daily-times-jul-12-1929-p-1/

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/538715062/

https://newspaperarchive.com/joplin-globe-jul-09-1929-p-1/

Born in Chicago, Yancey enlisted in the United States Navy in 1911 and was made a lieutenant during World War I. He left the Navy in 1921 and became a ship's officer for the Isthmian Steamship Company. 

With continued study, he achieved master mariner status and the title of Captain. Yancey joined the United States Coast Guard in April 1925 and became interested in aviation and the science of navigation then. 

His knowledge of air navigation put him in demand with pilots in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In 1927, he made his first transcontinental flight as co-pilot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Yancey

this reminds me of the 1920's Italian river racer https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/12/ok-somebody-tell-me-what-this-is.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_S.55

thank you Kim!

Also see https://thejivebombers.com/2018/11/14/new-category-italian-aircraft-well-start-with-some-classics-from-savoia-marchetti