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Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter Since 1995

Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

Since 1995

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One of The Weirdest Planes Ever To Fly.

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 March 4, 1921 over Lake Maggiore in Italy. The aircraft attained an altitude of only 18 m (60 ft), then dived and crashed, breaking up on impact. The pilot escaped unscathed. 

Caproni had the wrecked airplane towed to shore, and announced that he would rebuild it, but that night it burned to ashes.

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you tube linkFor more on this subject, Click the icon for a YouTube video entitled  "10 Most Bizarre Flying Machines in Aviation History".

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