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in the 1920s and operated by

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(SISA) on their Adriatic routes. It was a conventional biplane design with unstaggered wings braced by

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es. The three

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were mounted in

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s carried in the interplane gap. Accommodation for passengers was provided within the hull, but the pilots sat in an open cockpit. Originally designed to carry eight passengers, an engine upgrade on later examples allowed the addition of two more seats.

Variants

* Cant 22 : Eight-passenger flying-boat airliner, powered by three 149 kW (200 hp) Isotta-Fraschini piston engines. * Cant 22R.1 : 10-passenger flying-boat airliner, powered by two 186 kW (250 hp) and one 380 kW (510 hp) Isotta-Fraschini piston engines.

Operators

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Specifications (22R1)

References

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Variants

Operators

Specifications (22R1)

See also

References