Caproni, also known as Società de Agostini e Caproni and Società Caproni e Comitti, was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Its main base of operations was at Taliedo, near Linate Airport, on the outskirts of Milan.

Giovanni Battista "Gianni" Caproni, 1st Count of Taliedo (July 3, 1886 – October 27, 1957) was an Italian aeronautical engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, and aircraft designer who founded the Caproni aircraft-manufacturing company.

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.

About the Caproni Airplane The three-engine configuration not only gave the Caproni designs adequate power for heavyweight takeoffs, but provided a margin of economy and even safety since the aircraft could easily maintain flight with just two of the engines operating.

Mar 5, 2025 · On August 27, 1940, the Caproni Campini N.1 took to the skies for its historic maiden flight over Milan, Italy. At the time, the Italian press celebrated it as the first successful jet aircraft, believing Italy had achieved a groundbreaking milestone.

Dec 16, 2024 · The Caproni Campini N1 (or C.C.2) was Italy's first jet and the world's second jet plane. It was the brainchild of Secondo Campini. Campini presented the concept he called a "thermojet" engine in 1931 and received a contract three years later (in 1934) to build a test aircraft by September 1936.

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.

The Caproni Ca.3 is an Italian heavy bomber of World War I and the postwar era. It was the most produced version of the series of aircraft that began with the 1914 Caproni Ca.1 and continued until the more powerful 1917 Caproni Ca.5 variant.

During the years preceding the Second World War, Caproni produced a number of aircraft for civilian use. It started with conversion of military types, but soon pure civilian airliners were designed. Not all were successful. This article will focus on some of these civilian designs.

Jan 21, 2025 · The Caproni Ca.90 was a groundbreaking aircraft of the 1920s, earning its place as the largest land-based biplane ever built. First flown in October 1929, it was briefly the world’s biggest landplane, second only to the Dornier Do X flying boat in wingspan.