CANT 22
title: "CANT 22" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cant-aircraft", "1920s-italian-airliners", "flying-boats", "trimotors", "biplanes"] topic_path: "geography/italy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANT_22" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | CANT 22 |
| image | CANT 22.jpg |
| type | Flying boat airliner |
| manufacturer | CANT |
| designer | Raffaele Conflenti |
| first_flight | 1927 |
| primary_user | SISA |
| number_built | 10 |
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The CANT 22 was a flying boat airliner built in Italy in the 1920s and operated by Società Italiana Servizi Aerei (SISA) on their Adriatic routes. It was a conventional biplane design with unstaggered wings braced by Warren trusses. The three engines were mounted in nacelles carried in the interplane gap. Accommodation for passengers was provided within the hull, but the pilots sat in an open cockpit. Originally designed to carry eight passengers, an engine upgrade on later examples allowed the addition of two more seats.
Variants
- Cant 22 : Eight-passenger flying-boat airliner, powered by three 149 kW (200 hp) Isotta Fraschini piston engines.
- Cant 22R.1 : 10-passenger flying-boat airliner, powered by two 186 kW (250 hp) and one 380 kW (510 hp) Isotta-Fraschini piston engines.
Operators
;Kingdom of Italy
Specifications (22R1)
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|prime units? = met |crew=Three |capacity=10 passengers |length m=21.00 |length ft=68 |length in=11 |span m=16.00 |span ft=52 |span in=6 |empty weight kg=5000 |empty weight lb=11020 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Isotta Fraschini Asso 500 |eng1 kw=380 |eng1 hp=510 |eng2 number=2 |eng2 name=Isotta Fraschini Asso 200 |eng2 kw=187 |eng2 hp=250 |max speed kmh=201 |max speed mph=125 |range km=600 |range miles=374 |ceiling m=3,400 |ceiling ft=11,150
References
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