Caudron Simoun
| Simoun | |
|---|---|
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| 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.
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 6Q-01 engine, three built.
- C.632 Simoun
- similar to C.631, one built.
- C.633 Simoun
- modified fuselage with a Renault 6Q-07 engine, 6 built.
- C.634 Simoun
- modified wing and take-off weight with either a Renault 6Q-01 or Renault 6Q-09 engine, 3 built.
- C.635 Simoun
- improved cabin layout and either a Renault 6Q-01 or Renault 6Q-09 engine, 46 built and conversions from earlier versions.
- C.635M Simoun
- military version with either a Renault 6Q-09 or Renault 6Q-19 engine, 489 built.
Operators
Specifications (C.630)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1-2: pilot and (optional) co-pilot
- Capacity: 2 passengers
Performance
See also
Related lists
Notes
- ^ Ketley, Barry, and Rolfe, Mark. Luftwaffe Fledglings 1935-1945: Luftwaffe Training Units and their Aircraft (Aldershot, GB: Hikoki Publications, 1996), p.11.
References
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
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