Caudron C.97

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Caudron C.97
Role
Trainer
National origin France
Manufacturer Caudron
First flight early 1924

The Caudron C.97 was a two-seat

trainer designed and built in France around 1924. A number were used by the Bolivian Air Force
.

Design and development

Rather little information has survived on the C.97.

cabane struts. Its fabric covered, unequal span wings were rectangular in plan apart from a large central cut-out over the fuselage to improve upward vision from the rear cockpit. Ailerons were fitted to the upper wing.[1]

Its fuselage was flat sided. An upright, water-cooled

elevators had a large cut-out for rudder movement.[1]

The C.97 had a fixed tail skid undercarriage with its mainwheels on a single axle sprung from V-form struts to the lower fuselage longerons.[1]

The first flight was probably made in early 1924 as the prototype was registered F-AGBH in April that year.[4] The first Bolivian Air Force machine was delivered on 1 August 1925.[1] The number purchased is not known; L'Aéronautique in 1927 mentions just one[5] but Flight in 1928 says "a number".[6] One C.97 was used from mid-1926 by the French-South American Company, based in Buenos Aires in Argentina.[7] The privately owned F-AGBH flew in France until 1926, taking part in competitions like the 1924 Concours Aviation de Tourisme de l'Aéro-Club de France (aviation touring competition of the French Aéro-Club).[4][8] It was next owned by the Compagnie Française d'Aviation until about 1930, when it was exported to Argentina.[4]

Operators

 Bolivia

Specifications

Data from Hauet (2001) p.186[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two
  • Powerplant: 1 ×
    V-8
    , 130 kW (180 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

  • Range: 300 km (190 mi, 160 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 6,200 m (20,300 ft)

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 2 914017-08-1
    .
  2. ^ Hauet (2001). Les Avions Caudrons. p. 157.
  3. ISBN 0-7680-0997-9
    .
  4. ^ a b c Malcolm Fillmore (December 2010). "The Pre-War French Register" (PDF). Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  5. ^ "L Caudron C-97 en Bolivie". L'Aéronautique (95): 106. 6 April 1927.
  6. ^ "An aerodrome at 13,000 ft". Flight. Vol. XX, no. 6. 9 February 1928. p. 78.
  7. ^ "Coups d'Ailes". Les Ailes. 6 (267): 5. 29 July 1925.
  8. ^ "Concours de l'Aviation Tourisme d.e l'Aéro-Club de France". L'Anée Aéronautique. 1924–5: 158–166.
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