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The Caproni Ca.132 was a
prototype for a large aircraft built in Italy in 1934, intended for use as either a
bomber
A bomber is a military combat aircraft designed to attack ground and naval targets by dropping air-to-ground weaponry (such as bombs), launching torpedoes, or deploying air-launched cruise missiles. The first use of bombs dropped from an air ...
or
airliner. It was a conventional low-wing
cantilever
A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is supported at only one end. Typically it extends from a flat vertical surface such as a wall, to which it must be firmly attached. Like other structural elements, a cant ...
monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing con ...
, powered by a
radial engine
The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel. It resembles a stylized star when viewed from the front, and is ...
on each wing and in the nose. The main
undercarriage was housed within large streamlined spats. Configured as an airliner, it would have seated 20 passengers.
Operators
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Regia Aeronautica for evaluation only.
Specifications (as bomber)
References
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Ca.132
1930s Italian bomber aircraft
1930s Italian airliners
Trimotors
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1934