Here's an Italian floatplane for you guys! This is one of my best aircraft to have a bit of fun in and it is certainly one of my most maneuverable. The Italians don't just make great food apparently. Great, now I'm hungry. While I go grab some nice lasagna, why don't you read about this cool aircraft? Here's the Macchi M.5 in all its glory.

Macchi M.5 Wikipedia Page Information:
The Macchi M.5 was an Italian single-seat fighter flying boat designed and built by Nieuport-Macchi at Varese. It was extremely maneuverable and agile and matched the land-based aircraft it had to fight.

Development
The first prototype of a single-seat sesquiplane fighter was the Type M which first flew in 1917. Developed by engineers Buzio and Calzavera it had a single-step hull and an open cockpit forward of the wings and was similar to the earlier Macchi M.3. It was followed by another prototype with a revised tail unit designated the Ma and further developed as the M bis and Ma bis. The production aircraft was designated the M.5 and like the prototypes was powered by a single Isotta Fraschini V.4B engine in pusher configuration. Deliveries soon commenced in the summer of 1917 to the Aviazione per la Regia Marina (Italian Navy Aviation). Late production aircraft had a more powerful Isotta Fraschini V.6 engine and redesigned wingtip floats, they were designated M.5 mod. Macchi produced 200 aircraft and another 44 were built by Società Aeronautica Italiana.

Operational history
During World War I, the M.5 was operated by five Italian maritime patrol squadrons as a fighter and convoy escort, and some were embarked on the Regia Marina seaplane carrier Giuseppe Miraglia. Towards the end of World War I, M.5 aircraft were flown by both United States Navy and United States Marine Corps airmen. For his actions while flying an M.5 over the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Austria-Hungary on 21 August 1918, U.S. Navy Ensign Charles Hammann, an enlisted pilot at the time, received the first Medal of Honor awarded to a United States naval aviator.

In 1923, when the Regia Aeronautica was formed, 65 M.5s were still in service, although they all had been scrapped within a few years.

In popular culture
In the 1992 Japanese animated film Porco Rosso, Porco's fighter when he served with the Regia Marina's aviation branch during World War I was a Macchi M.5.

Operators
Kingdom of Italy
Regia Marina
Corpo Aeronautico Militare
United States
United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
Brazil
Brazilian Navy: 12 brazilian pilots trained in these planes, but the war ended before they could participate

General characteristics
Crew: one
Length: 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 11.90 m (39 ft 0.5 in)
Height: 2.85 m (9 ft 4.5 in)
Wing area: 28 m2 (301.4 sq ft)
Empty weight: 720 kg (1,587 lb)
Gross weight: 990 kg (2,183 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Isotta Fraschini V.4B inline piston engine , 119 kW (160 hp)

Performance
Maximum speed: 189 km/h (117 mph, 102 kn)
Endurance: 3 hours 40 minutes
Service ceiling: 6,200 m (20,340 ft)

Armament
2 × fixed, forward-facing .303 British (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns

Features
Has An accurate Interior, a beautiful exterior, and a powerful armament. what more could you want?

Final Words:
One of my most favorite aircraft and a floatplane no less! This things mobile friendly, maneuverable, and powerful as well! (How have I waited till now to post this?) I hope you enjoy this aircraft and if you do, please be sure to upvote! Anyways, have fun out there and enjoy your day.