The Caudron C.490 was a trainer aircraft built by
Caudron
The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...
in the mid 1930s.
Design
The C.490 was a biplane of all-wood construction with the airframe covered by canvas, derived from the
Caudron C.159
The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...
.
Specifications
References
Further reading
*
{{Caudron aircraft
1930s French military trainer aircraft
C.490
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1935