what is it?
The Fiat CR.20 was a biplane fighter designed and produced by the Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat. It represented an intermediate step from the early biplane CR.1 and the later, successful series CR.30, CR.32 and CR.42. Development of the CR.20 was headed by the aeronautical engineer Celestino Rosatelli, who selected a sesquiplane configuration.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.8 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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.8 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1926-06-19
- introduced
- 1927
- retired
- 1941
- status
- retired
- number built
- 250
- role
- fighter
- makers
- Fiat, Fiat Aviazione
- engines
- 1× Fiat A.20
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.7 m
- wingspan
- 9.8 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,400 kg
- top speed
- 270 km/h
- range
- 750 km
- ceiling
- 7,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1243665, Wikipedia: Fiat CR.20 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.