what is it?
The Caproni Bergamaschi AP.1 was an Italian monoplane attack aircraft designed by Cesare Pallavicino, coming from the Breda firm.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 13 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 92 years ago, in 1934.
- Top speed is 3.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1934-04
- introduced
- 1936
- number built
- 54
- role
- attack aircraft
- makers
- Caproni
- engines
- 1× Alfa Romeo 126 RC.34
- length
- 9.2 m
- wingspan
- 13 m
- height
- 3.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,744 kg
- top speed
- 389 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 8,089 m
- wings
- monoplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3657916, Wikipedia: Caproni AP.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.