Thursday, October 28, 2010

Invincible Caproni

This fragile airplane, designed by Rodolfo Verduzio, is still holding the world altitude record for piston-engine planes, set on October 22, 1938: 17,083 m (56,047 ft).
The plane is Caproni Ca.161bis.
The aviator who set the record is Lieut.-Col. Mario Pezzi.

Images: enricopezzi.it, x-planes
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2 comments:

Pablo J. Álvarez said...

Days for valor, adventure, and risk, when the people conquest new frontiers.

October 28, 2010 at 4:07 PM
-Warren Zoell said...

I love big ungainly looking aircraft.

October 29, 2010 at 12:18 AM

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