Caproni Ca.66

The Caproni Ca.66 was an Italian night bomber designed to re-equip the Italian Air Force after the First World War, of which only two examples were built. Until its appearance all Caproni bombers had been twin-boom aircraft, but the Ca.66 had a conventional layout, a four-engine biplane with a shorter upper wing, built of mixed wood and metal with fabric covering. Its four 150 kilowatt SPA 6A engines were mounted midway between the wings in push-pull pairs, each with its own cylindrical radiator, and the crew of four sat in a nose gunner position and a pilots cockpit. It originated in the 1922 requirements set by the new Fascist government and won the Air Ministry contest held at Montecelio, yet the date of its first flight is uncertain.