what is it?
The CANSA FC.20 was a twin engine reconnaissance bomber/ground attack monoplane designed and built in Italy in 1941. Several versions with different armament and engines were flown but only the FC.20bis ground attack variant reached squadron service, in very small numbers, before the 1943 armistice.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 16 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 85 years ago, in 1941.
- Top speed is 3.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 16 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,150 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1941
- number built
- 12
- role
- ground attack
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- engines
- 2× Fiat A.74 R.C.38
- length
- 12.2 m
- wingspan
- 16 m
- height
- 3.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 6,820 kg
- top speed
- 420 km/h
- cruise speed
- 339 km/h
- range
- 1,150 km
- ceiling
- 6,934 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3744448, Wikipedia: CANSA FC.20 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.