five/six-seat single-engined light transport biplanes
Aircraft
Cant 7
Cant 7, 7 bis and 7 ter
single-engined trainer biplanes
Cant 6
three-engined biplane bomber
Cant 6 ter, commercial transport version
Cant / Cantieri Navale Triestino / Cantiere Riuniti dell’Adriatico
Italy
Company originally called Cantieri Navale Triestino created 1923 as subsidiary of Cantieri Navali di Monfalcone to manufacture civil/military marine aircraft. Most designs produced between 1923-1930 were work of R. Conflenti, including such flying-boats as Cant 6 three-engined biplane bomber; Cant 6 ter, commercial transport version; Cant 7, 7 bis and 7 ter single-engined trainer biplanes; Cant 10 and 10 ter five/six-seat single-engined light transport biplanes; Cant 18 trainer; Cant 22 three-engined eight/ten-seat commercial transport; Cant 25 single-seat fighter. Landplanes included Cant 23 transport and Cant 36 trainer.
Company changed its name in 1931 to Cantiere Riuniti dell’Adriatico. Chief designer Filippo Zappata (formerly of Bleriot) completely reorganized the company 1933/1936. From 1934 most aircraft had Z prefixes, marine aircraft being numbered in 500 series, beginning with Z.501 Gabbiano biplane reconnaissance/bomber first flown 1934. Followed by Z.504 two-seat fighter biplane flying- boat and Z.505 twin-float three-engined monoplane, both 1935. Latter developed into Z.506 (1936), built as reconnaissance/ bomber/ASR for Regia Aeronautica (Z.506B Airone) and as commercial transport for Italian airlines (Z.506A and C). Landplane version built by Piaggio. Built Z.508 and Z.509, monoplane flying-boat bombers, and world’s largest floatplane: Z.511 four-engined trans- Atlantic mail/freight variant, first flown 1943. The Z.515 twin-engined twin-float monoplane (coastal reconnaissance), built 1938-1939.
Landplanes (designated in 1000 series) included Z.1007 and 1007 bis Alcione three-engined bomber; Z.1011 twin-engined medium bomber/transport; Z.1012 three-engined transport; Z.1015 three-engined derivative of Z1017 bis, first flown January 1939 and used in torpedo trials early in the Second World War. Final type was Z.1018 Leone, twin-engined medium bomber intended to replace Alcione, probably Italy’s best wartime design but too late to see service. Did not continue aircraft manufacture in the post-war period.
Canon Ezekiel
The airship of the Baptist Reverend Burrell Canon from Pittsburg, TX was named “Ezekiel” because Canon get the idea to build it while he read in the book of Ezekiel. The ship had large fabric-covered wings powered by an engine that turned four sets of paddles. It was built in a nearby machine shop and was reported as briefly airborne in 1902. En route to the St.Louis world’s fair in 1904, the airship was destroyed by a storm. In 1913 a second model crashed, and the Rev. Cannon gave up the project. A replica is currently housed in the Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Museum in Pittsburg, Texas.
CANSA C.4
The Costruzioni Aeronautiche Novaresi S.A. at Cameri, a subsidiary of the Fiat Group, was primarily responsible for a series of trainers, such as the C.4 training monoplane of 1942.
CANSA F.C.20
In 1941 C.A.N.S.A. produced the F.C.20 reconnaissance bomber powered by two 840-h.p. Fiat A.74 R.C.38 radials, and the F.C.20bis, which was intended for ground attack and carried a 37-mm. cannon in the nose. The final development of the design was the F.C.20quater of 1943, which was similar to its predecessor apart from the engines, which were two 1,150-h.p. Daimler-Benz DB 6O1s. These increased maximum speed from 261 m.p.h. to 311 m.p.h.
CANSA F.C.12
In 1940, C.A.N.S.A. produced two prototypes of the F.C.12 (first flown 1940), which was intended as a trainer for dive-bomber pilots but was also projected as a light attack bomber. The F.C.12 was a tandem two-seat monoplane powered by a 600-h.p. Fiat A.30 R.A. in-line engine. Armament comprised two 12.7-mm. guns in the fuselage and two 12.7-mm. guns in the wings, and a manually-operated 12.7-mm. gun in the rear cockpit.
CANSA C.6
A less successful development of the C.5 produced in 1942.
CANSA C.5
single-engined one/two-seat training biplane (Fiat or Alfa Romeo engine), built in some numbers in late 1930s for civil market.
