Caproni Ca.60

Infobox Aircraft
name=Caproni Ca.60 Noviplano


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type=Experimental airliner
manufacturer=Caproni
designer=
first flight=March 4, 1921
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retired=
status=Destroyed on first flight
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number built=1
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variants with their own articles=The Caproni Ca.60 Noviplano was a nine wing flying boat intended to be a prototype for a 100 passenger trans-atlantic airliner. It featured eight engines and three sets of triple wings. Two pontoons, mounted on each side, were intended to give the aircraft stability. Only one example of this aircraft was built by Caproni. The prototype only made one short flight on 4 March 1921 over Lake Maggiore in Italy. The aircraft attained an altitude of only 60 feet and crashed shortly thereafter. It broke up on impact and quickly filled with water, sinking to the bottom of the lake in a few minutes. Both pilots were killed.

pecifications (Ca.60)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=World Encyclopedia of Civil Aircraft [cite book
last=Angelucci
first=Enzo
title=World Encyclopedia of Civil Aircraft
year=1982
publisher=Crown Publishers, Inc
location=New York
language=
id=ISBN 0-517-54724-4]

crew=8
capacity=100 passengers
length main=23.45 m
length alt=77 ft
span main=30.0 m
span alt=98 ft 5 in
height main=9.15 m
height alt=30 ft
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empty weight alt=
loaded weight main=26,000 kg
loaded weight alt=55,100 lb
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engine (prop)=Liberty L-12
type of prop=liquid-cooled V12 engines
number of props=8
power main=400 hp
power alt=300 kW

max speed main=
max speed alt=
cruise speed main=130 km/h
cruise speed alt=70 knots, 80 mph
range main=660 km
range alt=360 nm, 410 mi
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power/mass main=11 W/kg
power/mass alt=0.0070 hp/lb

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sequence=
* Ca.60 - Ca.101 - Ca.133

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lists=
* List of experimental aircraft
* List of seaplanes and flying boats