CANT Z.1012

Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini · Italy · first flew 1937 · transport aircraft

The CANT Z.1012 was a small three-engined monoplane built in Italy in the late 1930s to carry three or five passengers depending on the engines.

Recognition (WEFT)

W — Wings	Low-mounted, tapered
E — Engines	3 × piston, wing-mounted
F — Fuselage	10 m fuselage
T — Tail	Conventional

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Three inverted inline engines: one in the nose and two in long fairings on the wings
Main undercarriage retracting into the engine fairings, with a fixed tailwheel
Tall integral fin carrying a braced tailplane about halfway up

A small low-wing trimotor with a fully glazed cabin over the wing.

Specifications

The CANT Z.1012 has a length of 10 m (33 ft).
It has a wingspan of 15 m (49 ft).
Its maximum speed is 280 km/h (174 mph).
Typical crew: 1.

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History

In 1937 CANT won a contract to build an aircraft for the Italian diplomatic corps in their embassies abroad. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a wooden structure and plywood skin, and it first flew in November 1937.

Variants

The engines were either the 120 hp four-cylinder Alfa Romeo 110 or the 185 hp six-cylinder Alfa Romeo 115, which raised top speed by 48 km/h.

Where you'll see it

A small number were built: one for the air attache in Washington, one for the embassy in Brazil, one for Bruno Mussolini, and two with the bigger engines for Italo Balbo and General Giuseppe Valle.

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