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Caproni Ca.18

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Originally designed for a government competition in early 1913, no production order for the aircraft was forthcoming until the nationalisation of the Caproni company later in the year, whereupon a small batch was built for the 15th Squadron.
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289: 2077: 2087: 115:. The wings were mounted to the fuselage with a bayonet fitting, to facilitate the rapid erection and dismantling of the aircraft. 2092: 107:. It became the first Italian-designed and -built aircraft to see service with the Italian armed forces. 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Caproni
Gianni Caproni
1913

reconnaissance aircraft
Italy
World War I
monoplane
undercarriage
Kingdom of Italy
Corpo Aeronautico Militare
Gnome rotary
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Caproni
Taliedo
80 hp
260 hp
300 hp
350 hp
450 hp
600 hp
700 hp
750 hp
750 hp (2)
900 hp
1,200 hp
Ca.1

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