CANT 26
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The CANT 26 was an Italian two-seat biplane trainer built by CANT.
Design and development
The CANT 26 was an unusual product of CANT as it was a landplane. It was a two-seat biplane with tailwheel landing gear and powered by a 60 kW (80 hp) engine. Only seven examples were built, one of which competed in the Challenge 1929 trials, and another of which was temporarily converted into a seaplane. One plane was registered in Argentina as R-183 and it was later sold to an Italian citizen resident in Paraguay, Nicola Bo in 1932. He sold it to the Paraguayan Military Air Arm. It received the serial T-6 and it was used as a liaison aircraft during the Chaco War. It was destroyed in a fatal accident during the war on May 5, 1933, killing Capt. José D. Jara (pilot) and Lt. Niemann (passenger).
Operators
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Specifications
File:CANT_26_3-View_L'Air_January_15,1929.png
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|crew=2
|length m=7
|span m=10
|height m=2.67
|wing area sqm=26.2
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|empty weight kg=370
|gross weight kg=650
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Isotta Fraschini Asso 80
|eng1 type=6-cyl air-cooled in-line piston engine
|eng1 hp=80
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=fixed pitch propeller
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|max speed kmh=150
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|stall speed kmh=62
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|range km=810
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|ceiling m=3800
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|wing loading kg/m2=25
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|power/mass={{cvt|0.145|hp/lb|kW/kg|order=flip}}
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References
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Further reading
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing
- Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis: "La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300pp.
External links
{{commons category|CANT 26}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071102194519/http://www.aerei-italiani.net/SchedeT/aereocant26.htm aerei-italiani.net]
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