French Civil Utility Aircraft 1930-1939 - Caudron C.440, Hanriot H.180, Caudron C.280, Caudron C.510 Pelican, Mauboussin M.120 (Paperback)

Chapters: Caudron C.440, Hanriot H.180, Caudron C.280, Caudron C.510 Pelican, Mauboussin M.120, Caudron C.480 Fregate, Leopoldoff Colibri, Potez 43, Potez 56, Caudron Simoun, Farman F.430, Fba 310, Salmson Phrygane, Farman F.400, Potez 58, Caudron Aiglon, Spca 81, Caudron Typhon, Aubert Cigale, Abraham Iris, Peyret-Mauboussin Pm Xi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 80. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Caudron C.440 Goeland ("seagull") was a six-seat twin-engine utility aircraft developed in France in the mid 1930s. It was a conventionally-configured low-wing cantilever monoplane with tailwheel undercarriage. The main undercarriage units retracted into the engine nacelles. Construction was wooden throughout, with wooden skinning everywhere but the forward and upper fuselage sections, which were skinned in metal. As usually configured, the cabin seated six passengers with baggage compartments fore and aft, and a toilet aft. Apart from private buyers, the C.440 was also bought by the Armee de l'Air, Aeronavale and Air France, and some were exported for service with Aeroput. Production of the C.440 and its subtypes continued until the outbreak of World War II, at which time many C.440s were impressed into military service. Following the fall of France, some were operated by the German Luftwaffe and Lufthansa. Another user was the Slovenske vzdune zbrane - it ordered 12 aircraft as the C.445M in 1942. Production was restarted following the war for both military and civil use as a transport and as a twin-engined trainer. In the post war reorganisation of the French aircraft industry, Caudron became part of SNCA du Nord, and the aircraft became the Nord Goeland; 325 of these were built. Post-war commercial operators included Air France, SABENA, Aigle Azur, and Compagnie Air Transpor...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1469391