<p>The SVA.9 was a two-seat trainer variant of the SVA.5 fighter. 
This excellent replica represents the aircraft flown by Italian pioneer Arturo Ferrarin and WW1 ace Guido Masiero in a race from Rome to Tokyo during 1920. The 6,000-mile journey was completed in a flying time of 108 hours. The Ansaldo was donated to the Japanese Imperial War Museum who displayed it until the museum was destroyed during WW2. 
Interestingly, an aeroplane reported to be the genuine ‘13148’ was later restored in the United States and is now preserved in Italy.
This replica is on display in the main building at the JASDF Air Park and Museum, Hamamatsu Air Base
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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13th March 2019
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/47654494122/">Replica Ansaldo SVA.9 ‘13148’</a>