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what is it?
The CAMS 55 was a reconnaissance flying boat built in France in the late 1920s which equipped the French Navy throughout the 1930s.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · biplane · 20.4 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Wingspan of 20.4 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,280 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1928
- introduced
- 1930
- number built
- 110
- role
- reconnaissance flying boat
- makers
- Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine
- engines
- 2× Gnome et Rhône 9Kbr
- crew
- 4
- length
- 15 m
- wingspan
- 20.4 m
- height
- 5.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 6,900 kg
- top speed
- 195 km/h
- cruise speed
- 150 km/h
- range
- 1,280 km
- ceiling
- 3,400 m
- wings
- biplane
- landing gear
- flying boat
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5008686, Wikipedia: CAMS 55 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.