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- 1. CANT 25 L'Air January 1,1929: L'Air magazine· Public domain
what is it?
The CANT 25 was an Italian shipboard single-seat sesquiplane flying boat fighter that entered service with the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) in 1931.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 10.4 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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.4 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
- 1927
- introduced
- 1931
- retired
- 1943
- status
- retired
- number built
- 38
- role
- flying-boat fighter
- makers
- Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini
- engines
- 1× Fiat A.20
- length
- 8.8 m
- wingspan
- 10.4 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- top speed
- 245 km/h
- range
- 900 km
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3648489, Wikipedia: CANT 25 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.