CASA C-207 Azor

what is it?

The CASA C-207 Azor was a transport aircraft produced by Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA). It was a scaled-up version of the CASA C-202 Halcón and was designed for the domestic civil market. The C-207 received no civil orders, but the Spanish Air Force ordered ten.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 27.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 420 km/htop speed
• range 2,350 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 40passengers
• size 16.5 tmax take-off weight
• built 22made 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 71 years ago, in 1955.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 27.8 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 2,350 km: 13× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1955-09-28

introduced

1960

status

retired

number built

22

role

short/medium-range troop/cargo transport

origin

🇪🇸 Spain

makers

Airbus Defence and Space S.A.

engines

2× Bristol Hercules 730 radial piston / Hercules 730

passengers

40

length

20.9 m

wingspan

27.8 m

height

7.8 m

max take-off weight

16.5 t

top speed

420 km/h

cruise speed

400 km/h

range

2,350 km

ceiling

8,000 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

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