what is it?
The Fiat CR.30 was a 1930s Italian single-seat biplane fighter aircraft designed by Celestino Rosatelli and built by Fiat.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 10.5 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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1932
- introduced
- 1932
- number built
- 201
- role
- single-seat fighter biplane
- makers
- Fiat Aviazione
- engines
- 1× Fiat A.30 R.A. 12-cylinder Vee piston engine
- length
- 7.9 m
- wingspan
- 10.5 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,895 kg
- top speed
- 351 km/h
- range
- 850 km
- ceiling
- 8,350 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3744443, Wikipedia: Fiat CR.30 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.