what is it?
The Caproni Ca.133 was a three-engined transport/bomber aircraft used by the Italian Regia Aeronautica from the Second Italo-Abyssinian War until World War II. Originally developed as a civilian airliner and successor to the Ca.101, the Ca.133 prototype first flew in December 1934, and production began in 1935. The military versions of the aircraft were used as transports and light bombers and saw action on all fronts. A stretched transport version of the aircraft was produced as the Caproni Ca.148.
How to recognise it: 3 piston engines with propellers · 21.2 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 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 21.2 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,350 km: 8× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1934
- introduced
- 1935
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 505
- role
- transport/light bomber
- makers
- Caproni
- engines
- 3× Piaggio Stella P.VII C.16
- crew
- 5
- passengers
- 16
- length
- 15.4 m
- wingspan
- 21.2 m
- height
- 4 m
- max take-off weight
- 6,700 kg
- top speed
- 230 km/h
- cruise speed
- 200 km/h
- range
- 1,350 km
- ceiling
- 5,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1034993, Wikipedia: Caproni Ca.133 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.