Caudron C.190

C.190/191/192/193
C.193 (on the left, the other is PWS-51) during the Challenge 1930
Role sports plane
Manufacturer Caudron
First flight 1929

The Caudron C.190 was a French two-seat low-wing single-engine sports plane, built by the French aeroplane manufacturer Caudron in the late 1920s. The only variant of the C.190 family (C.190/191/192/193) to be built in series was the C.193.

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Operational history

The information in publications is vague, but there were produced at least six C.193 (reg. F-AJHG, F-AJOB, F-AJSG, F-AJSH, F-AJSI, F-AJSJ) and one Salmson-powered C.192 (F-AJHF). One aircraft C.193 F-AJSI was sold to Great Britain in 1930 and registered as G-ABFX, but returned to France in 1931 to be registered as F-ALLJ.[1]

In 1929, the aircraft F-AJHF and F-AJHG participated in the Challenge 1929 international touring plane contest, and one of them completed on the 28th place, flown by Raymond Delmotte[2]

In 1930, three C.193s participated in the Challenge 1930 international touring plane contest (F-AJSG, F-AJSH, F-AJSI), and Maurice Finat completed on the 17th place and Fracois Arrachart on the 24th place.

Variants

Specifications (C.193)

Data from Krzyżan, M. 1988

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. ^ Registry at Golden Years of Aviation and Aviafrance
  2. ^ There is inconsistency in M. Krzyżan Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze..., for F-AJHF is named there C.190, and F-AJHG - C.191, while it is clear from a photo, that F-AJHG was a variant with inline engine. It is also inconsistent with a data from the French registry. Hence, both aircraft might have been mixed in a book, and F-AJHG might have been later rebuilt to C.193, as appears in the registry. A Salmson-powered variant C.192 F-AJHF might have been rebuilt from C.191 as well, what would explain lack of C.190 and C.191 in the registry.

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