what is it?
The Caproni Ca.100 was the standard trainer aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica in the 1930s. Large numbers of this tandem, two-seat, biplane were built, powered by different engines.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 10 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1928
- number built
- 677
- role
- trainer
- makers
- Caproni
- engines
- 1× de Havilland Gipsy 4-cylinder air-cooled upright inline
- length
- 7.3 m
- wingspan
- 10 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 560 kg
- top speed
- 165 km/h
- range
- 700 km
- ceiling
- 4,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1034980, Wikipedia: Caproni Ca.100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.