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CANT 6 | |
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Role | Maritime patrol flying boat |
Manufacturer | CANT |
Designer | Raffaele Conflenti |
First flight | 1925 |
Number built | 3 |
The CANT 6 was a flying boat designed for Italian military service in 1925. It was a large biplane of conventional design with three engines mounted in nacelles within the interplane gap. Only a single example was produced in its original military configuration, followed by two further aircraft redesigned as 11-seat passenger aircraft. One of these was retained by CANT, but the other entered airline service with Società Italiana Servizi Aerei.
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