what is it?
The Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio (Italian: southwest wind) was an Italian monoplane, twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft used in World War II. Derived from the similar Ca.309, it had its combat debut during the Spanish Civil War and took part in the earlier phases of World War II in Libya. Some were used in attack groups as a temporary replacement for the unsatisfactory Breda Ba.65. The last Ca.310 was retired by the Italian Air Force in 1948.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 16.2 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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 16.2 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,690 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1937-04
- introduced
- 1938
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 312
- role
- reconnaissance
- makers
- Caproni
- engines
- 2× Piaggio Stella P.VII C.16/35
- crew
- 3
- length
- 12.2 m
- wingspan
- 16.2 m
- height
- 3.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,650 kg
- top speed
- 365 km/h
- cruise speed
- 285 km/h
- range
- 1,690 km
- ceiling
- 7,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1035009, Wikipedia: Caproni Ca.310 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.