Caproni, also known as ''Società de Agostini e Caproni'' and ''Società Caproni e Comitti'', was an Italian

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. Its main base of operations was at Taliedo, near

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, on the outskirts of

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. Founded by Giovanni Battista "Gianni" Caproni during 1908, the company produced several successful

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s during the

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. Following the acquisition of several other aviation firms throughout the

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, Caproni transformed into a sizable aviation-orientated

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, the ''Società Italiana Caproni, Milano''. The majority of its aircraft were bombers and transport aircraft. It played a pioneering role in the development of the

Caproni Campini N.1 The Caproni Campini N.1, also known as the C.C.2, is an experimental jet aircraft built in the 1930s by Italian aircraft manufacturer Caproni. The N.1 first flew in 1940 and was briefly regarded as the first successful jet-powered aircraft in h ...

, an experimental aircraft powered by a thermo-jet. It provided large numbers of combat aircraft for the Axis during the

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. The firm did not prosper in the

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era, the Società Italiana Caproni collapsing during 1950. Many of the company's former assets were subsequently acquired by the Italian helicopter specialist

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History

The company was founded during 1908 by the Italian aviation pioneer and

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Giovanni Battista "Gianni" Caproni. It was initially named, from 1911, ''Società de Agostini e Caproni'', then ''Società Caproni e Comitti''. Caproni was responsible for completing the first aircraft of Italian construction in 1911. Its principal manufacturing facilities were based in Taliedo, a peripheral district of

, close to

, while the firm's Caproni Vizzola division was based in Vizzola Ticino, close to Milan–Malpensa Airport. The firm initially produced a series of small single-engine aircraft, including the Caproni Ca.1, Ca.6 and Ca.12; these became important milestones in the early development of Italian aviation. As such, Caproni became one of the most important Allied aircraft manufacturers during the

, being responsible for the design and manufacture of large, multi-engine long-range

bomber A bomber is a military combat aircraft designed to attack ground and naval targets by dropping air-to-ground weaponry (such as bombs), launching torpedoes, or deploying air-launched cruise missiles. The first use of bombs dropped from an air ...

s, such as the three-engined Caproni Ca.32, Ca.33, Ca.36 and Ca.40. These aircraft were adopted not only by the Italian military, but by the French as well. Caproni's bombers were a significant contribution in the development of heavy aircraft. Following the end of the conflict, the

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theories of Giulio Douhet were reputedly shaped by the operational use of Caproni bombers, and thus have been was seen as an important landmark in the history of aviation. The

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was a busy one for Caproni. While the end of the First World War had led to a rapid decrease in demand for bombers, impacting orders for much of Caproni's traditional product line, Caproni elected to redirect the bulk of the company's resources towards the growing civil aviation market. It was also during this period that the company was reorganised into a large

, which was named the ''Società Italiana Caproni, Milano'', as a result of having acquired several smaller Italian manufacturers. By the 1930s, the company's main subdivisions comprised Caproni Bergamasca, Caproni Vizzola, Reggiane and the engine manufacturer Isotta Fraschini. Caproni's aircraft activity largely orientated towards the production of bombers and light transport aircraft. Perhaps the most distinctive of Caproni's aircraft was the Caproni Ca.60 Transaereo, an experimental large

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designed for the civil sector. At the time, the concept of a large multi-engined flying boat to serve long-distance passenger routes was considered to be radical. However, Caproni believed that such an aircraft could allow the travel to remote areas more quickly than ground or water transport, and that the investment required to develop and manufacturer such an aircraft would be less expensive than pursuing alternative means. During 1919, Caproni filed to

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his work on the concept. His large seaplane design, designated Caproni Ca.60, was highly unorthodox, featuring eight engines and three sets of triple wings. On 12 February or 2 March 1921, the aircraft took off for the first time, proving to be both stable and maneuverable during its brief flight, in spite of a persisting tendency to climb. However, on March 4, the sole completed aircraft was lost while attempting its second flight. During 1927, the Caproni Museum (Italian: ''Museo Caproni'') was established in Taliedo by Giovanni Caproni and his wife, Timina Caproni. It is both the oldest aviation museum in Italy, as well as the country's oldest corporate museum. The Caproni Museum has long outlived the Caproni company itself. Caproni continued to maintain its interest in innovative aircraft. One such example was the Stipa-Caproni, also known as the Caproni Stipa, which was designed by Luigi Stipa and built by Caproni during the early 1930s. The aircraft featured a hollow, barrel-shaped

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with the

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and

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completely enclosed by the fuselage, effectively forming a single ducted fan. While unconventional, flight testing found that the approach induced significant

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, cancelling out much of the gains in engine efficiency and reducing the aircraft's top speed to only . Some authors have claimed that its design had influenced the development of

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During the 1930s, Caproni became involved with the Italian

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Secondo Campini, who was engaged in pioneering research in the then-unexplored field of

, having proposed adopting a so-called '' thermo-jet'' to power an aircraft. Campini had been issued with an initial contract from the Italian government to develop and manufacture his envisioned engine. During 1934, the ''

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'' (the Italian Air Force) granted its approval to proceed with the production of a pair of jet-powered

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aircraft; Caproni was engaged to manufacture this aircraft, which was thus designated as the

, with Campini providing technical guidance while specialising in the engine's design.Pavelec 2007, p. 5. On 27 August 1940, the

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of the experimental N.1 occurred at Caproni's Taliedo facility. On 30 November 1941, the second prototype was flown from Milan's

to Rome's Guidonia Airport, in a highly publicised event that included a fly-past over Rome and a reception with Italian Prime Minister

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. According to the historian Nathanial Edwards, the practicality of the N.1 design had been undermined by political pressure to speed the programme along so that Italy would be more likely to be the first country in the world to perform a jet-powered flight.Edwards, Nathanial. "Flight as Propaganda in Fascist Italy." ''World At War Magazine'', Late 2010. According to economics author Harrison Mark,

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aircraft design bureau

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obtained details on the N.1 programme and were encouraged to pursue work on a similar design; as such, there is a basis for stating that the design of the N.1 influenced subsequent early jet aircraft. The early years of the

era was one of considerable hardship for Caproni and the wider Italian aviation industry alike. During 1950, the Società Italiana Caproni ceased to exist. However, one of the company's former divisions, ''Caproni Vizzola'', endured until 1983, at which point it was acquired by the Italian helicopter manufacturer

Aircraft

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Pre-World War I

* Caproni Ca.1 of 1910 – Experimental biplane

World War I

* Caproni Ca.1 of 1914 – Heavy bomber *

Caproni Ca.2 __NOTOC__ The Caproni Ca.2 was an Italian heavy bomber of the World War I era. Development The Ca.2 was a minor development of the Caproni Ca.1 twin-boom bomber of 1914. It had become evident early in the Ca.1's service life that the design co ...

– Heavy bomber * Caproni Ca.3 – Heavy bomber *

Caproni Ca.4 The Caproni Ca.4 was an Italian heavy bomber of the World War I era. Development After designing the successful Ca.3, Gianni Caproni of the Caproni works designed a much bigger aircraft. It shared the unusual layout of the Caproni Ca.3, bein ...

– Heavy bomber *

Caproni Ca.5 The Caproni Ca.5 was an Italian heavy bomber of World War I and the postwar era. It was the final version of the series of aircraft that began with the Caproni Ca.1 in 1914. Development By late World War I, developments in aircraft technology ...

– Heavy bomber * Caproni Ca.14 - biplane * Caproni Ca.15 - monoplane * Caproni Ca.17 - monoplane * Caproni Ca.18 – Observation plane *

Caproni Ca.19 Caproni, also known as ''Società de Agostini e Caproni'' and ''Società Caproni e Comitti'', was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Its main base of operations was at Taliedo, near Linate Airport, on the outskirts of Milan. Founded by Giovan ...

- monoplane * Caproni Ca.20 – Monoplane fighter * Caproni Ca.21 - reconnaissance aircraft * Caproni Ca.22 – Variable incidence research

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* Caproni Ca.26 - project * Caproni Ca.27 - project * Caproni Ca.28 - project * Caproni Ca.29 - project *

Caproni Ca.31 The Caproni Ca.1 was an Italian heavy bomber of the World War I era. Development and design The Ca.1 was a three-engine biplane of fabric-covered wooden construction. It had four crew members in an open central nacelle: two pilots, a fro ...

– Modified Ca.1 * Caproni Ca.32 – Modified Italian Army version of Ca.1

Inter-war period

* Caproni Ca.30 – Postwar redesignation of 1914 Ca.1 * Caproni Ca.33 – Postwar redesignation of Ca.3 * Caproni Ca.34 – Postwar redesignation of proposed modified Ca.3 * Caproni Ca.35 – Postwar redesignation of proposed modified Ca.3 * Caproni Ca.36 – Postwar redesignation of modified Ca.3 *

Caproni Ca.37 The Caproni Ca.37 was a ground attack aircraft designed and built in Italy by Caproni around 1916 Design and development During 1916 Caproni embarked on the design of a small light ground attack aircraft which followed the design philosophy of ...

– Postwar redesignation of prototype ground-attack version of Ca.3 *

Caproni Ca.39 The Caproni Ca.3 is an Italian heavy bomber of World War I and the postwar era. It was the most produced version of the series of aircraft that began with the 1914 Caproni Ca.1 and continued until the more powerful 1917 Caproni Ca.5 variant. ...

– Postwar redesignation of proposed seaplane version of Ca.3 * Caproni Ca.40 – Postwar redesignation of Ca.4 prototype * Caproni Ca.41 – Postwar redesignation of Ca.4 variant *

Caproni Ca.42 The Caproni Ca.4 was an Italian heavy bomber of the World War I era. Development After designing the successful Ca.3, Gianni Caproni of the Caproni works designed a much bigger aircraft. It shared the unusual layout of the Caproni Ca.3, bein ...

– Postwar redesignation of Ca.4 variant * Caproni Ca.43 – Postwar redesignation of floatplane variant of Ca.4 * Caproni Ca.44 – Postwar redesignation of Ca.5 heavy bomber * Caproni Ca.45 – Postwar redesignation of Ca.5 aircraft built for France * Caproni Ca.46 – Postwar redesignation of Ca.5 variant * Caproni Ca.47 – Postwar redesignation of seaplane version of Ca.5 * Caproni Ca.48 – Airliner version of Ca.4 * Caproni Ca.49 – Proposed seaplane airliner of 1919 * Caproni Ca.50 – Air ambulance version of Ca.44 *

Caproni Ca.51 The Caproni Ca.4 was an Italian heavy bomber of the World War I era. Development After designing the successful Caproni Ca.3, Ca.3, Gianni Caproni of the Caproni works designed a much bigger aircraft. It shared the unusual layout of the Caproni ...

– Postwar redesignation of prototype of enlarged Ca.4 * Caproni Ca.52 – Postwar redesignation for Ca.4 aircraft built for

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* Caproni Ca.56 – Airliner version of Ca.1 * Caproni Ca.57 – Airliner version of Ca.44 * Caproni Ca.58 – Postwar redesignation for re-engined Ca.4s * Caproni Ca.59 – Postwar redesignation for exported Ca.58s *

Caproni Ca.60 The Caproni Ca.60 Transaereo, often referred to as the Noviplano (nine-wing) or Capronissimo, was the prototype of a large nine-wing flying boat intended to become a 100-passenger transatlantic airliner. It featured eight engines and three sets ...

''Noviplano'' – Flying boat airliner prototype * Caproni Ca.64 - fighter project * Caproni Ca.65 - fighter project * Caproni Ca.66 - Four-engine, single-

bomber of 1922 * Caproni Ca.68 - reconnaissance flying boat project * Caproni Ca.69 - reconnaissance flying boat project * Caproni Ca.70 – Prototype night fighter of 1925 * Caproni Ca.71 – Ca.70 variant of 1927 * Caproni Ca.73 – Airliner and light bomber *

Caproni Ca.74 The Caproni Ca.73 was an Italian airliner produced during the 1920s which went on to serve as a light bomber in the newly independent ''Regia Aeronautica''. Design and development The Ca.73 was an inverted sesquiplane with a biplane tail and t ...

– Re-engined Ca.73 light bomber * Caproni Ca.75 - biplane bomber project * Caproni Ca.76 - biplane bomber project * Caproni Ca.77 - biplane bomber project *

Caproni Ca.78 Caproni, also known as ''Società de Agostini e Caproni'' and ''Società Caproni e Comitti'', was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Its main base of operations was at Taliedo, near Linate Airport, on the outskirts of Milan. Founded by Giovan ...

- biplane bomber project * Caproni Ca.80 – Later redesignation of Ca.74 * Caproni Ca.81 - reconnaissance monoplane project * Caproni Ca.82 – Redesignation of Ca.73''ter'' variant * Caproni Ca.83 - monoplane fighter * Caproni Ca.84 - biplane flying boat project * Caproni Ca.85 - biplane flying boat project * Caproni Ca.86 - biplane flying boat project * Caproni Ca.88 – Redesignation of Ca.73''quarter'' variant *

Caproni Ca.89 The Caproni Ca.73 was an Italian airliner produced during the 1920s which went on to serve as a light bomber in the newly independent ''Regia Aeronautica''. Design and development The Ca.73 was an inverted Biplane, sesquiplane with a biplane ta ...

– Redesignation of Ca.73''quarterG'' variant *

Caproni Ca.90 The Caproni Ca.90 was a prototype Italian heavy bomber designed and built by Caproni. When it first flew in 1929 it was the largest land-based aircraft in the world. Design and development A six-engined inverted sesquiplane, the Caproni Ca.90 wa ...

– Heavy bomber aircraft * Caproni Ca.92 - reconnaissance biplane project * Caproni Ca.93 - biplane bomber project * Caproni Ca.94 - 4-engine monoplane heavy bomber * Caproni Ca.95 - Heavy bomber aircraft, 1933 * Caproni Ca.96 - 4-engine biplane heavy bomber project * Caproni Ca.97 – Civil utility aircraft * Caproni Ca.98 - monoplane tourer * Caproni Ca.99 - biplane tourer * Caproni Ca.100 – Trainer * Caproni Ca.101 – Airliner, transport, and bomber * Caproni Ca.102 – Re-engined Ca.101 * Caproni Ca.106 - civil biplane project * Caproni Ca.107 - biplane fighter project * Caproni Ca.108 - mailplane project *

Caproni Ca.109 Caproni, also known as ''Società de Agostini e Caproni'' and ''Società Caproni e Comitti'', was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Its main base of operations was at Taliedo, near Linate Airport, on the outskirts of Milan. Founded by Giovan ...

- 2-seat biplane sport/trainer * Caproni Ca.110 - biplane fighter project * Caproni Ca.111 – Reconnaissance aircraft and light bomber * Caproni Ca.113 – Advanced trainer * Caproni Ca.114 – Biplane fighter * Caproni Ca.115 - twin-engined sesquiplane bomber project * Caproni Ca.116 - sports biplane project * Caproni Ca.117 - experimental high-altitude monoplane project * Caproni Ca.118 - twin-engine monoplane bomber project * Caproni Ca.119 - reconnaissance biplane project * Caproni Ca.121 - fast monoplane bomber project *

Caproni Ca.122 __NOTOC__ The Caproni Ca.122 was a prototype bomber and military transport aircraft built in Italy in the mid-1930s. It was a conventional low-wing monoplane with fixed undercarriage Undercarriage is the part of a moving vehicle that is under ...

– Prototype bomber and transport * Caproni Ca.123 – Proposed airliner version of Ca.122 * Caproni Ca.124 – Reconnaissance and bomber floatplane * Caproni Ca.125 – Two-seat touring biplane * Caproni Ca.126 - monoplane sports aircraft project * Caproni Ca.128 - low-wing metal monoplane 1+4 feederliner project * Caproni Ca.129 - low-wing metal monoplane 1+4 feederliner project * Caproni Ca.130 - trimotor transport, precursor of Caproni Ca.133 * Caproni Ca.132 – Prototype bomber and airliner * Caproni Ca.134 – Reconnaissance biplane * Caproni Ca.150 - twin-boom attack fighter * Caproni Ca.153 - monoplane heavy fighter project * Caproni Ca.154 - twin-engine monoplane heavy fighter project * Caproni Ca.155 - twin-engine monoplane heavy fighter project * Caproni Ca.156 - twin-engined heavy fighter project * Caproni Ca.161 – High-altitude experimental aircraft * Caproni Ca.162 - recce-fighter project * Caproni Ca.163 – Prototype of Ca.164 * Caproni Ca.165 – Prototype fighter of 1938 * Caproni Ca.204 - long-range bomber project * Caproni Ca.211 - three-engine long-range bomber project * Caproni Ca.201 - high altitude bomber project * Caproni Ca.205 - long-range bomber project * Caproni Ca.214 - aerobatic trainer project * Caproni Ca.301 – Prototype fighter *

Caproni A.P.1 The Caproni Bergamaschi AP.1 was an Italian monoplane attack aircraft designed by Cesare Pallavicino, coming from the Breda firm. Design and development Developed from the Ca.301, a single-seat fighter version of a similar design that was not ...

– Attack aircraft derivative of Ca.301 * Caproni Ca.305 – First production version of A.P.1 * Caproni Ca.306 – Airliner prototype (1935) * Caproni Ca.307 – Second production version of A.P.1 * Caproni Ca.308 – Export version of A.P.1 for El Salvador and Paraguay * Caproni Ca. 308 ''Borea'' – Airliner *

Caproni Ca.309 The Caproni Ca.309 ''Ghibli'' was an Italian aircraft used in World War II. Its nickname 'Ghibli' refers to a desert wind that later served as the inspiration for animation Studio Ghibli's name. Development The Caproni Ca.309 was designed by ...

– military light twin *

Caproni Ca.345 Caproni, also known as ''Società de Agostini e Caproni'' and ''Società Caproni e Comitti'', was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Its main base of operations was at Taliedo, near Linate Airport, on the outskirts of Milan. Founded by Giovanni ...

– recce floatplane project * Caproni Ca.350 – Fighter-bomber, reconnaissance aircraft * Caproni-Reggiane Ca.400 – Caproni- Reggiane-built version of

Piaggio P.32 The Piaggio P.32 was an Italian medium bomber of the late 1930s, produced by Piaggio, and designed by Giovanni Pegna. It was a modern design for its time, but was a failure due to lack of powerplants commensurate with its high wing loading. Des ...

medium bomber * Caproni Ca.401 – twin-engine recce-fighter * Caproni Ca.405 – Caproni-built version of

medium bomber * Caproni Ca.410 – twin-engined recce-bomber floatplane project * Caproni CH.1 – Prototype fighter of 1935 * Caproni PS.1 – Sports aircraft * Caproni Bergamaschi PL.3 – Long-distance racer aircraft *

Caproni-Pensuti triplane The Caproni-Pensuti 2 was a small single-engine sports triplane aircraft designed and built in Italy just before the end of World War I. It had a wingspan of only 4.0 m or a little over 13 ft. Design and development The Pensuti 2 was ...

– Sports triplane of 1919 *

Caproni Sauro-1 The Caproni Sauro-1 ( en, Sorrel), or Caproni Tricap, was a light, single-engine cantilever monoplane, seating two in tandem, built in Italy in the early 1930s for touring. Despite good performance and favourable test reports, only one was bui ...

– Two-seat touring aircraft * Caproni Vizzola F.5 – Fighter of 1939 * Stipa-Caproni – Experimental ducted-fan powered prototype of 1932

World War II

* Caproni Ca.133 – Transport and bomber *

Caproni Ca.135 The Caproni Ca.135 was an Italian medium bomber designed in Bergamo, Italy, Bergamo in Italy by Cesare Pallavicino. It flew for the first time in 1935, and entered service with the Peruvian Air Force in 1937, and with the ''Regia Aeronautica'' (I ...

– Medium bomber * Caproni Ca.148 – Civil-military transport version of Ca.133 *

Caproni Ca.164 The Caproni Ca.164 was a training biplane produced in Italy shortly prior to World War II. It was a largely conventional biplane intended as a follow-on to the Ca.100 and sharing that aircraft's layout with a slightly smaller upper wing. Dev ...

– Trainer and liaison and reconnaissance aircraft *

''Ghibli'' – Reconnaissance, ground-attack, and transport aircraft * Caproni Ca.310 ''Libeccio'' – Reconnaissance aircraft and light bomber *

Caproni Ca.311 __NOTOC__ The Caproni Ca.311 was a light bomber-reconnaissance aircraft produced in Italy prior to and during World War II. It was a member of the large family of Caproni designs derived from the Ca.306 airliner prototype of 1935, and more di ...

– Light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft * Caproni Ca.312 – Re-engined version of Ca.310 sold to Norway * Caproni Ca.313 – Reconnaissance bomber, trainer, and transport * Caproni Ca.314 – Ground-attack aircraft and torpedo bomber * Caproni Ca.316 – Seaplane * Caproni Ca.320 - three-engine bomber * Caproni Ca.325 – Proposed version of Ca.135 medium bomber with more powerful engines, built in mock-up form only * Caproni Ca.330 - Project * Caproni Ca.331 – Prototype tactical reconnaissance aircraft/light bomber ( Ca.331 O.A./Ca.331A) of 1940 and prototype night fighter ( Ca.331 C.N./Ca.331B) of 1942 * Caproni Ca.332 - Project; derived from Ca.330 *

Caproni Ca.335 The Caproni Ca.335 Maestrale ( Mistral) was an Italian single-engined two-seat fighter-bomber/reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s. Development and design In October 1937, the Belgian aircraft manufacturer Société Anonyme Belge de Constructio ...

– Fighter-bomber, reconnaissance aircraft for the Belgian Air Force. *

Caproni Ca.360 Caproni, also known as ''Società de Agostini e Caproni'' and ''Società Caproni e Comitti'', was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Its main base of operations was at Taliedo, near Linate Airport, on the outskirts of Milan. Founded by Giovan ...

- Twin engine dive bomber project * Caproni Ca.365 - Twin engine bomber project * Caproni Ca.370 - twin engine combat plane project * Caproni Ca.375 - twin engine combat plane project * Caproni Ca.380 - twin-boom fighter project * Caproni Ca.381 - twin-boom fighter project *

– Experimental motorjet-powered aircraft of 1940 * Caproni Campini Ca.183bis – Proposed high-altitude fighter aircraft * Caproni Vizzola F.4 – Fighter prototype of 1940 with German-made engine * Caproni Vizzola F.5bis – Proposed version of F.4 with Italian-made engine *

Caproni Vizzola F.6 The Caproni Vizzola F.6 was a World War II-era Italian fighter aircraft built by Caproni. It was a single-seat, low-wing cantilever monoplane with retractable landing gear. Only two prototypes were built, one designated F.6M and the other design ...

– Fighter prototype of 1941 (Caproni Vizzola F.6M, F.6M) and 1943 (Caproni Vizzola F.6Z, F.6Z)

Post-World War II

* Caproni Ca.193 – Twin-engined six-seat monoplane * Caproni Ca.195 - jet trainer project * Caproni Trento F-5 – Lightweight two-seat jet trainer * Caproni Vizzola Calif – Family of gliders (sailplanes) (A-10, A-12, A-14, A-15, A-20, A-21) * Caproni Vizzola Ventura, Caproni Vizzola C22 Ventura – Light jet trainer

References

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Citations

Bibliography

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