Caproni Ca.164

what is it?

The Caproni Ca.164 was a training biplane produced in Italy shortly prior to World War II. It was a largely conventional biplane intended as a follow-on to the Ca.100 and sharing that aircraft's layout with a slightly smaller upper wing.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 217 km/htop speed
• range 550 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,040 kgmax take-off weight
• built 280made in total

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 88 years ago, in 1938.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1938-11-17

number built

280

role

military trainer aircraft

makers

Caproni

engines

1× Alfa Romeo 115 bis / Alfa Romeo 115

crew

2

length

7.7 m

wingspan

9.5 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

1,040 kg

top speed

217 km/h

cruise speed

185 km/h

range

550 km

ceiling

4,250 m

wings

sesquiplane

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.