what is it?
The CRDA CANT Z.1018 Leone (Lion) was an Italian medium bomber of the 1940s.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 22.5 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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Top speed is 4.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 22.5 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,335 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
- 1939
- number built
- 15
- role
- medium bomber/night fighter
- makers
- Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico
- engines
- 2× Piaggio P.XII R.C.35
- crew
- 4
- length
- 17.6 m
- wingspan
- 22.5 m
- height
- 6.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 11.5 t
- top speed
- 524 km/h
- range
- 1,335 km
- ceiling
- 7,250 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q589168, Wikipedia: CANT Z.1018 Leone (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.