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Bookmark or Share- Giovanni Battista Caproni - WikipediaGiovanni Battista Caproni, 1st Count of Taliedo (July 3, 1886 – October 27, 1957), known as "Gianni" Caproni, was an Italian aeronautical engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, and aircraft designer who founded the Caproni aircraft-manufacturing company.
- Caproni Ca.60 - WikipediaCaproni 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. [N 2] It featured eight engines and three sets of triple wings.
- Caproni Ca.20 | The Museum of FlightAbout. Specs. The Caproni Ca.20 was an aircraft ahead of its time in design, purpose, and armament. In early 1914, before World War I, this speedy single-seat monoplane was created and equipped with a forward-facing machine gun mounted above the propeller arc.
- Caproni Flying Barrel - HistoryNetCaproni Flying Barrel. Luigi Stipa claimed his ‘intubed propeller’ was the ancestor of the jet engine. Even in an era when aircraft designers experimented with every conceivable shape and size, the prototype designed by Italian engineer Luigi Stipa and built by the Caproni company in 1932 stood apart. In place of a conventional fuselage ...
- When Giant Airplanes Ruled the Sky - Smithsonian MagazineThe airplane was also known as the “Transaereo” for Caproni’s wildly ambitious mission: to carry 100 passengers in comfort and style across the Atlantic Ocean. The Ca.60 had nine wings arranged...
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