Castel C-310P

{{short description|1940s French glider}}

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| name=Castel C-310P

| image=File:Castel C-310P ‘F-CRGU’ (49757584993).jpg

| caption=Castel C-310P ‘F-CRGU’ (c/n 156), seen suspended in one of the many private hangars at the Aérodrome de Cerny-La-Ferté-Alais, Cerny, France.

}}{{Infobox Aircraft Type

| type=Training glider

| national origin=France

| manufacturer=Castel

| designer=

| first flight=1942

| number built=60

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The Castel C-310P was a training glider built in the late 1940s in France. It was a glider of high-wing monoplane configuration.

Specifications

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