The Caproni Ca. 9, from 1911, has a structure entirely in wood, with a latticework fuselage braced with steel cables, wooden wings and tailpieces with canvas covering. The engine is a 35 hp three-cylinder Anzani Y. The landing gear features the typical anti-tip skids, characteristic of many aircraft of the pioneering period.
To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Trentino pioneer in 1986, the prestigious National Air and Space Museum in Washington exhibited Ca. 9 of the Caproni Museum in the “Early Flight” pavilion, models, drawings, relics, medals won by Caproni devices and a series of illustrative panels.
Having returned to Italy in 1988 and temporarily hosted by the AerSud, in 1989 the Ca.9 was exhibited in the Palazzo della Regione on the occasion of the official announcement of the project to build the new Caproni Museum in Trento. It then became a symbol of the initiative, and was again exhibited on the occasion of the laying of the first stone. Subjected to conservative interventions in America and Italy, with the inauguration of the Museum, it found its permanent home in the pioneering aircraft sector of the Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics.
Engine: 35hp Anzani
Wingspan 8.88 m
Length 7.80 m
Height 3.00 m
Empty weight 220 kg
Maximum speed 90 km / h
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