Caproni Trento F.5

The Caproni Trento F-5 was an Italian training aircraft with jet propulsion the immediate postwar period.

Development

The company Caproni went bankrupt in 1950. The group was, however, from about 20 individual companies, some of which could be continued. One of these companies was Aeroplane Caproni Trento in Garbolo at Trent. This company had concentrated in the postwar period on maintenance and repair work. 1951 began under the direction of engineer Stelio Frati with the work on a new training aircraft. In the 1950s it was among the structures of the various aircraft manufacturers a number of similar types.

Description

The F-5 was a low-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle landing gear and consisted entirely of wood, the oars were covered with fabric. There came the contemporary techniques of sailing aircraft used. For use as a training aircraft, the machine had a dual control, the two pilots sat in a row. The dome of the cabin was jettisoned.

The engine was installed in the fuselage behind the pilot, the air intakes were located in the wing roots. The Triebwerksauslass was behind the wing edges below the tail. The first test flights showed that the F-5 excellent takeoff and landing characteristics exhibited.

The F-5 was since the Second World War, the first Italian light aircraft jet engine. However, only one copy was made ​​. Despite massive efforts to sell the manufacturers soon had to give up on it also. From the oldest and once largest Italian aircraft manufacturer thus remained only the portion operating Caproni Vizzolla exist, the gliders produced.

Aircraft received

An airplane is now at the Museo Gianni Caproni in Trento dell'Aeronautica, Italy.

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