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- 1. Caudron C.27 L'Aerophile July,1922: L'Aerophile magazine· Public domain
what is it?
The Caudron 02 was a French high-altitude single-seat fighter that was flown in November 1917.
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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1917-11
- number built
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- role
- single seat fighter aircraft
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- engines
- 1× Le Rhône 9R
- length
- 6.4 m
- height
- 2.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 813 kg
- top speed
- 210 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19872038, Wikipedia: Caudron C. 02 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.