what is it?
The CANSA FC.12 was a single engine monoplane ground attack aircraft developed in Italy around 1940. A crew of two were seated in tandem. Only ten production aircraft were built.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10 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 86 years ago, in 1940.
- Top speed is 3.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1940
- number built
- 11
- role
- ground attack
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- engines
- 1× Fiat A.30 R.A.
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.5 m
- wingspan
- 10 m
- height
- 2.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,320 kg
- top speed
- 452 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,117 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3744447, Wikipedia: CANSA FC.12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.