The Caproni Ca.97 was a civil utility aircraft produced in Italy in the late 1920s and early 1930s. As originally designed, it was a high-wing braced trimotormonoplane of conventional configuration with one engine mounted on the nose and the other two carried on strut-mounted nacelles at the fuselage sides. Examples were also produced with only the nose engine or only the two nacelle-mounted engines.
Operational history
Some aircraft were used by airlines in small numbers. Military versions were used by the Regia Aeronautica in colonial policing roles, particularly in Libya from November 1929.
Caproni Ca.97 with engines Walter Mars (1931)
Variants
Ca.97
Prototype 3-engined powered by 3x 75 kW (100 hp) Lorraine-Dietrich 5P 5-cylinder radial engines; one built.[1]
Ca.97 C.Tr.
(C.Tr. - coloniale trasporto - colonial transport)[clarification needed], colonial transports similar to the Ca.97, powered by 3x 108 kW (145 hp) Walter Mars radial engines;two built.[1]
Guns: 2x 7.7 mm (0.30 in) machine-guns in dorsal and ventral positions
References
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Winchester, general editor, Jim (2004). Biplanes, triplanes & seaplanes. San Diego, Cal.: Thunder Bay Press. ISBN978-1592232239. ((cite book)): |first1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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