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Caproni Ca.4 Series

Some of the largest machines thus far built are of the Caproni Ca.4 type, fitted with three powerful motors, two of which drive tractor propellers while the third is a pusher and is located between the other two. Two cars are fitted and, on some of the trial flights made in this country, a large [...]

Posted 26 April 2008 § 1910s § Bombers ‡ Comments (0)

Ansaldo SVA 5

Italian single-seater biplane of World War One Across the Carnic Alps, the self-styled warrior-poet Gabriele d’Annunzio, flew with eleven Ansaldo biplanes of the 87a Squadriglia, in a dramatic long-distance bombing raid on Vienna, August 9, 1918. They arrived over the ancient capital of the Hapsburgs and rained down a lethal storm of … leaflets … [...]

Posted 26 April 2008 § 1910s § Bombers ‡ Comments (0)