The CANT 10 was a
flying boat airliner
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produced in
Italy
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in the 1920s. It was a conventional
biplane
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design with single-bay,
unstaggered wings of equal span, having seating for four passengers within the
hull, while the pilot sat in an open
cockpit. The
engine
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Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...
was mounted in
pusher configuration
In an aircraft with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). Since a pusher propeller is mounted behind the engine, the drive shaft is in compression in no ...
in the interplane gap.
Operational history
CANT 10 flying boats were used by
Società Italiana Servizi Aerei
''Società'' ( Italian: ''Society'') was an Italian communist cultural magazine published in Italy between 1945 and 1961.
History and profile
''Società'' was founded as a quarterly magazine in Florence in 1945. The founders were Ranuccio Bianc ...
for over a decade, linking destinations in the
Adriatic Sea
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.
Two CANT 10ters were used by a company called TAXI AEREI in Buenos Aires, operating flights from the River Plate. One of them was lost in an accident and the other one was bought by the Paraguayan government for the Naval Aviation in 1929; it was used as a transport during the Chaco War and was withdrawn from use in 1933.
Variants
* CANT 10 :
* CANT 10ter :
Operators
*
**
Società Italiana Servizi Aerei
''Società'' ( Italian: ''Society'') was an Italian communist cultural magazine published in Italy between 1945 and 1961.
History and profile
''Società'' was founded as a quarterly magazine in Florence in 1945. The founders were Ranuccio Bianc ...
(S.I.S.A.)
*
** TAXI AEREI
*
** Paraguayan Naval Aviation
Specifications
See also
References
*
aerei-italiani.net* Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis: "La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300pp.
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CANT 10
1920s Italian airliners
Flying boats
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1925