Cant Z.506 Airone
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The Cant Z.506 Airone was an Italian three-engine floatplane used primarily for maritime reconnaissance, bombing, and air-sea rescue missions before and during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air-sea rescue aircraft
→
bomber aircraft → floatplane → military aircraft → reconnaissance aircraft → |
| airframeType | low-wing monoplane → |
| armament |
bombs
→
defensive machine guns → torpedoes → |
| configuration | three-engine → |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Italy → |
| crew |
5
→
6 → |
| designer | Filippo Zappata → |
| engineType | radial piston engine → |
| enteredServiceAs | Cant Z.506B bomber variant → |
| firstFlight | 1935 → |
| floatType | twin-float → |
| fuselageMaterial | wood → |
| introduced | late 1930s → |
| manufacturer |
CANT
→
Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini → |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 275 km/h → |
| notableFor |
extensive use in air-sea rescue missions
→
long-range maritime patrol capability → |
| operationalTheatre |
Adriatic Sea
→
Mediterranean Sea → Tyrrhenian Sea → |
| powerplant | 3 × Piaggio radial engines → |
| primaryUser |
Regia Aeronautica
→
Italian Navy →
surface form: "Regia Marina"
|
| role |
air-sea rescue
→
level bombing → maritime patrol → maritime reconnaissance → torpedo bombing → |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 7000 m → |
| usedBy |
National Republican Air Force
→
surface form: "Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana"
French Air Force → Aeronautica Militare →
surface form: "Italian Air Force (postwar)"
Luftwaffe → Regia Aeronautica → Italian Navy →
surface form: "Regia Marina"
Spanish Air Force → |
| usedInConflict | World War II → |
| variant |
Cant Z.506A civil version
→
Cant Z.506 Airone →
surface form: "Cant Z.506B military bomber version"
Cant Z.506 Airone →
surface form: "Cant Z.506S air-sea rescue version"
|
| wingMaterial | wood → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Cant Z.506B military bomber version"
this entity surface form: "Cant Z.506S air-sea rescue version"