CANT 6
title: "CANT 6" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cant-aircraft", "1920s-italian-patrol-aircraft", "flying-boats", "trimotors", "biplanes", "aircraft-first-flown-in-1925"] topic_path: "geography/italy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANT_6" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | CANT 6 |
| image | CANT 6.jpg |
| type | Maritime patrol flying boat |
| manufacturer | CANT |
| designer | Raffaele Conflenti |
| first_flight | 1925 |
| number_built | 3 |
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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.
Variants
- CANT 6 : Three-engine bomber aircraft. One built.
- CANT 6ter : 11-seat passenger transport aircraft. Two built.
Operators
;Kingdom of Italy
- Società Italiana Servizi Aerei (S.I.S.A.)
Specifications (6''ter'')
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/CANT_6_ter_Le_Document_aéronautique_June,1928.jpg" caption="CANT 6ter photo from Le Document aéronautique June,1928"] ::
|prime units? = met |crew=Three |capacity=11 passengers |length m=14.94 |length ft=49 |length in=0 |span m=22.11 |span ft=72 |span in=6 |empty weight kg=4500 |empty weight lb=9920 |eng1 number=3 |eng1 name=Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db |eng1 kw=298 |eng1 hp=400 |max speed kmh=190 |max speed mph=120 |range km=1150 |range miles=720 |ceiling m=4,000 |ceiling ft=13120
References
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