By: Newforest - 26th October 2006 at 16:45
and the engines are different…..
There were problems with the initial choice of engines and the Italian Air Force did not want the plane, but it served with the Hungarian and Peruvian air forces. The Caproni company was quite a prodigious producer of planes!
By: bloodnok - 26th October 2006 at 08:45
The glazing on the nose seems to be different in this photo, but I believe this is the prototype.
http://www.simnetwork.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=topn&cat=0&pos=4
and the engines are different…..
By: Newforest - 26th October 2006 at 07:43
Nah, my guess is Italian, unless you know better? 😀
The glazing on the nose seems to be different in this photo, but I believe this is the prototype.
http://www.simnetwork.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=topn&cat=0&pos=4
By: Consul - 26th October 2006 at 00:50
Caproni-Bergamaschi ca.135
Looks spot on to me – what a great piece of recognition – I had been foxed as the cockpit glazing was actually hidden by the prop.
By: mike currill - 26th October 2006 at 00:35
I’d have said Ptlyakov Pe-2 but then the Potez 75 came to mind.
By: paaln - 25th October 2006 at 22:33
Caproni-Bergamaschi ca.135
By: Newforest - 25th October 2006 at 20:22
Nah, my guess is Italian, unless you know better? 😀
By: RPSmith - 25th October 2006 at 17:22
or Japanese??
Roger Smith.
By: Hornchurch - 25th October 2006 at 16:44
So Ugly, it’s gotta be French…….
(with a hint of Tupolev TU-2’s Gt. Grandad thrown in for good measure 😮 )
By: bloodnok - 25th October 2006 at 15:49
looks kind of russian at first glance.
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