Caudron Simoun

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Simoun
Preserved C.630 at Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace.
Role
Manufacturer Caudron
Designer Marcel Riffard
First flight 1934
Introduction 1935
Produced 1930s

The Caudron Simoun was a 1930s French four-seat touring monoplane. It was used as a mail plane by Air Bleu, flew record-setting long-range flights, and was also used as a liaison aircraft by the Armée de l'Air during World War II.

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[edit] Variants

  • C.500 Simoun I - experimental, one built.
  • C.520 Simoun - experimental, one built.
  • C.620 Simoun IV - experimental, one built.
  • C.630 Simoun - initial production version with Renault Bengali 6Pri engine, 20 built.
  • C.631 Simoun - modified version with a Renault Bengali 6Q-01 engine, three built.
  • C.632 Simoun - similar to C.631, one built.
  • C.633 Simoun - modified fuselage with a Renault Bengali 6Q-07 engine, 6 built.
  • C.634 Simoun - modified wing and take-off weight with either a Renault Bengali 6Q-01 or Renault Bengali 6Q-09 engine, 3 built.
  • C.635 Simoun - improved cabin layout and either a Renault Bengali 6Q-01 or Renault Bengali 6Q-09 engine, 46 built and conversions from earlier versions.
  • C.635M Simoun - military version with either a Renault Bengali 6Q-09 or Renault Bengali 6Q-19 engine, 489 built.

[edit] Operators

 France
 Germany
 United Kingdom
 United States

[edit] Specifications (C.630)

General characteristics

Performance

[edit] See also

Related lists

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Ketley, Barry, and Rolfe, Mark. Luftwaffe Fledglings 1935-1945: Luftwaffe Training Units and their Aircraft (Aldershot, GB: Hikoki Publications, 1996), p.11.

[edit] References

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 

[edit] External links

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