The Caproni Vizzola C22 Ventura was a light

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aircraft developed in Italy for use as a military trainer. It was of conventional sailplane configuration and bore a family resemblance to the Caproni

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gliders, although the Ventura had an almost entirely metal structure. The student and instructor sat side by side under an expansive canopy, and weapons

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s were provided under each of the slender, high-mounted wings. It had retractable, tricycle undercarriage.Braybrook 1981, pp. 61–63. In 1981,

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acquired 50% of the C22 programme and proposed a new version, the C22R, which was to have been a

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also capable of

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and ELINT operations. The basic C22J trainer was exhibited at the

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in 1980 and September 1982, but failed to attract any customers, and the proposed C22R was never actually built.

Specifications (C22J)

References

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