title: Militi M.B.1
text: # 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)
  