| CASA III | |
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| The rear of M-CMAM the Gipsy-powered third aircraft | |
| Role | Two-seat sporting monoplane |
| National origin | Spain |
| Manufacturer | Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA |
| Designer | Luis Bousa Perco |
| First flight | 2 July 1929 |
| Number built | 9 |
The CASA III was a 1920s Spanish two-seat touring monoplane, designed by Luis Bousa Perco and built by Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) at Getafe near Madrid.[1]
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In 1929 using experience from the production of licence-built aircraft the company buit the CASA III as a touring and training monoplane.[1] It was a parasol monoplane with a fabric-covered steel tube fuselage and it had two tandem open cockpits and wide tack fixed conventional landing gear with a tail skid.[1] Each wing were hinged at the rear spar and they could be folded for storage or transport.[1] The prototype, registered M-CAGG, first flew on 2 July 1929 and was powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) Cirrus III piston engine.[1] Within a few weeks the aircraft had been entered into a handicap air race between Madrid and Brugos, on 25 December 1929 it became the first light aircraft to land in the Canary Islands.[1] The second aircraft was fitted with a 100 hp (75 kW) Isotta-Fraschina Asso 80A engine but it was not a success. In 1930 three CASA IIIs were entered the 1930 Aerial Tour of Europe, but only two actually competed; the prototype which retired with a broken landing gear, and the de Havilland Gipsy I powered third-aircraft which arrived to late for the start although it competed the course.[1] Nine aircraft were built all with different engines which included the de Havilland Gipsy III and the Elizade A-6 radial engine.[1] The last aircraft built was delivered to the Spanish Navy.[1]
During the civil war all the surviving CASA IIIs were operated by the Republican forces and none of them survived.[1]
Data from [2]Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft
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