CANT 26
| CANT 26 | |
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| Role | Biplane trainer |
| Manufacturer | CANT |
| First flight | 1928 |
| Number built | 7 |
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The CANT 26 was an Italian two-seat biplane trainer built by CANT.
Design and development
The CANT 26 was an unusual product of CANT as it was a landplane. It was a two-seat biplane with tailwheel landing gear and powered by a 60 kW (80 hp) engine. Only seven examples were built, one of which competed in the Challenge 1929 trials, and another of which was temporarily converted into a seaplane. One plane was registered in Argentina as R-183 and it was later sold to an Italian citizen resident in Paraguay, Nicola Bo in 1932. He sold it to the Paraguayan Military Air Arm. It received the serial T-6 and it was used as a liaison aircraft during the Chaco War. It was destroyed in a fatal accident during the war on May 5, 1933, killing Capt. José D. Jara (pilot) and Lt. Niemann (passenger).
Operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
- Length: 7.10 m (23 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 10.00 m (32 ft 10 in)
- Empty weight: 530 kg (1,168 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Fiat A.50, 60 kW (80 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph)
- Range: 810 km (505 miles)
- Service ceiling: 3,800 m (12,464 ft)
See also
References
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- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing
- aerei-italiani.net
- Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis: "La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300pp.