Flymuseet på Sola har verdens eneste Caproni bombefly i sitt slag

 

Museum of Flight ved Boeing Field presenterer på nettet de to Caproniene du ser under som et ledd i en større donasjonssak, altså at de ber om støtte, som pågår nå. Jeg har vært der, men har ikke bilder av disse to så det må bare være en del av flyhistorien.

Caproni Ca.20 In 1914, before World War I started, the Caproni Ca.20 was built and equipped with a forward-facing machine gun mounted above the propeller and is considered the world's first fighter plane. Test flights of this plane proved it to be an exceptional plane, but the Italian military wanted Giovanni Caproni's company to focus on heavy bombers. This one-of-a-kind piece of aviation history sits small with a 27 ft. 7 in. wingspan, 9 ft. 4 in. tall, 27 ft. long, and came in at 1,100 lbs. when fully loaded.

Caproni Ca.90 The Caproni Ca.90 heavy bomber was a protype first flown in 1929 and was the largest biplane ever built. It's a giant in aviation history with a lower wingspan of over 152 ft, an upper wingspan over 114 ft, 88 ft long, and over 35 feet tall. When fully loaded, the aircraft could be a maximum weight of 77,162 lbs.