The Caproni Ca.100 was the standard trainer aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica in the 1930s. Large numbers of this tandem, two-seat, biplane were built, powered by different engines.
Caproni Ca.100 trainer
Caproni Ca.100 Idro floatplane variant in the Museo dell'Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento.
The Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics is Italy's oldest aviation museum, as well as the country's oldest corporate museum. It was established in 1927 as the Caproni Museum by Italian aviation pione
Caproni Ca.100
…registration FIR-9, appropriate to a Ca.100 serving at the Florence basic Flying School in the mid-1930s. Floatplane ex-I-DISC and MM56237 is in the Museo dell'Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento. Ex-I-BIZZ and MM56271 is in the Royal Saudi Air Force Museum…
Trento museo Gianni Caproni esterno
Gianni Caproni (left) in the early 20th century.
A panoramic view of the main exhibition hall of the museum.
Another view of the main hangar: on the left foreground, the only surviving fuselage of a Fokker D.VIII.