what is it?
The twin-engined CANT Z.1011 was one of two bombers of about the same size and powered by the same engines, designed by Filippo Zappata in the mid-1930s. The other was the three-engined CANT Z.1007, which in the end was the type preferred by the Regia Aeronautica.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 25 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 90 years ago, in 1936.
- Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 25 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 2,000 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1936-03-02
- number built
- 6
- role
- heavy bomber
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- makers
- Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini
- engines
- 2× Isotta Fraschini Asso XI.RC
- crew
- 4
- length
- 17 m
- wingspan
- 25 m
- top speed
- 370 km/h
- range
- 2,000 km
- ceiling
- 8,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q589131, Wikipedia: CANT Z.1011 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.