The
Stipa-Caproni prototype aircraft was basically a venturi tube fitted with 120hp
de Havilland Gypsy III engine and a propeller at the front end of the tube. It was built by
Caproni in 1932 but it never went into mass production because…well, it didn’t really fly; the original test report says the strange plane only flew for a distance of 500m at a height of 5/6 meters. A unique replica of the odd looking flying machine is owned by
Lynette Zuccoli, from
Brisbane, Australia.
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