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 F.C.20

CANSA FC.20bis

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

CANSA FC.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.