Museo dell’Aeronautica Gianni Caproni

Museo dell’Aeronautica Gianni Caproni

Italy

www.museocaproni.it

museo.caproni@muse.it

+39 0461 944888

Fax +39 0461 944 900

Tuesday – Friday 10:00 – 13:00 and 14:00 – 18:00

Saturday – Sunday 10:00 – 18:00

Admission fee

Gift shop

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Aircraft collection

Savoia-Marchetti SM-79 III Sparviero L-113 Lebanon Air Force, Museo dell’Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento, Italy

I-FLAM

MM80697

11777

I-AIAE

I-ABCT

I-CERM

I-EMFG

I-POLO

MM56237/7

I-WEST

I-FACT/MM553

MM194

I-AXAQ

MM6609

I-AABO

I-ACSN

I-MANN

MM52163/PST-10

MM24499

I-ELIO

Agusta AB-47G

Agusta/Bell AB205B

Ansaldo SVA 5

Avia FL.3

Breda 19

Bücker Bü.131

Dornier Do27B-1

Caproni Ca.6

Caproni Ca.9

Caproni Ca.193

Caproni Ca.100 Hidro Caproncino

Caproni Ca.163

Caproni Trento FL.5

Caproni Vizzola C-22J

Caproni Bristol

Fokker D.VIII

Gabardini G.51bis

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter

Macchi M.20

Macchi MB.308

Manzolini Libellula-II

Saiman 202M

Savoia Marchetti S.79

Savoia Marchetti SM.80 Bis

The Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics is Italy’s oldest aviation museum, as well as the country’s oldest corporate museum. It was established in 1927 as the Museo Caproni by Italian aviation pioneer and aeronautical engineer, Giovanni Battista “Gianni” Caproni and his wife, Timina Guasti Caproni.

The Bristol-Coandă monoplane in the Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics is the oldest surviving Bristol aircraft.

The Caproni Ca.6, the sixth airplane built by Gianni Caproni, was a pioneering biplane that featured an innovative variable-pitch propeller (the pitch of whose blades, however, could be adjusted only on the ground) and an unusual double-cambered airfoil. The latter was suggested to Caproni by his friend and colleague, Henri Coandă, but proved unsuccessful. The Caproni Ca.6 on display at the museum is the only aircraft of its type to have been produced, and it is also the oldest aircraft in the collection, dating back to 1911.

The Caproni Ca.9, whose design was strongly influenced by the success of the Blériot XI. The Caproni Ca.9 belonged to a series of monoplanes which Caproni built between 1911 and the outbreak of World War I. The Ca.9, of which only one prototype was built, is the only surviving aircraft of this series.

Besides the aircraft in the Museo dell’Aeronautica Gianni Caproni collection (some of which have survived with no damage or have been restored while others have only survived as components), the museum houses and displays many other artifacts of historical importance: engines, propellers, instruments and components of aircraft, airships and other flying machines as well as documents, medals, models, photographs and personal memorabilia.

The Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics periodically hosts temporary exhibitions dealing with various aspects of aviation history.

Ansaldo SVA 5 11777 Italian Air Force, Museo dell’Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento, Italy Breda Ba-19 I-ABCT, Museo dell’Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento, Italy

Caproni Ca.100 Hidro Caproncino MM56237/7 Italian Navy, Museo dell’Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento, Italy Caproni Ca-163 I-WEST, Museo dell’Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento, Italy

Caproni Ca-163 I-WEST, Museo dell’Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento, Italy Caproni Vizzola C-22J, Museo dell’Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento, Italy

Macchi M.20 I-AABO, Museo dell’Aeronautica Gianni Caproni, Trento, Italy

Photos Ruud Boots