Caudron C.440 Goéland

what is it?

The Caudron C.440 Goéland ("seagull") was a six-seat twin-engine utility aircraft developed in France in the mid-1930s.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 17.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 300 km/htop speed
• range 1,000 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 6passengers
• size 3,500 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,425made 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 92 years ago, in 1934.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 17.6 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1934

number built

1,425

role

civil utility aircraft

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Caudron

engines

2× Renault 6Q

passengers

6

length

13.7 m

wingspan

17.6 m

height

3.4 m

max take-off weight

3,500 kg

top speed

300 km/h

range

1,000 km

ceiling

7,000 m

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