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- 1. Ferte-Alais Air Show 2004 16: Lionel Allorge· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The C.710 were a series of light fighter aircraft developed by Caudron-Renault for the French Air Force just prior to the start of World War II. One version, the C.714, saw limited production, and were assigned to Polish pilots flying in France after the fall of Poland in 1939. A small number was also supplied to Finland.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9 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 90 years ago, in 1936.
- Top speed is 3.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1936-07-18
- introduced
- 1940
- retired
- 1941
- status
- retired
- number built
- 90
- role
- fighter
- makers
- Caudron
- engines
- 1× Renault 12R-03
- crew
- 1
- length
- 8.6 m
- wingspan
- 9 m
- height
- 2.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,880 kg
- top speed
- 455 km/h
- range
- 900 km
- ceiling
- 9,100 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1051523, Wikipedia: Caudron C.714 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.