The CANT 18 was a
flying boat
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Though ...
trainer developed in
Italy
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in the 1920s to prepare pilots for flying boat
airliner
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s. A development of the
CANT 7, it incorporated various aerodynamic and hydrodynamic refinements. While remaining broadly similar in configuration, the new design replaced the CANT 7's conventional
strut
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A stay is sometimes used as a synonym for ...
s with
Warren truss
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bracing for the wings. Most of the aircraft produced were used by
S.I.S.A.
Operators
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Società Italiana Servizi Aerei (S.I.S.A.)
;
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Uruguayan Navy
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History Independence
Und ...
Specifications
See also
References
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aerei-italiani.net
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CANT 18
1920s Italian civil trainer aircraft
Flying boats
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Biplanes