| Campini Caproni CC.2 |
An Italian Air Force Campini Caproni CC.2 in flight | | Technical details | | Span | 14.6 m (48 ft) | | Length | 12.1 m (40 ft) | | Height | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) | | Wing area | 36 m² (388 ft2) | | Top speed | 360 km/h (224 mph) (194 kts) | | Ceiling | 4,000 m (13,000 ft) | | Powerplant | Thermojet - 670 kW (900 hp) piston engine driving a compressor, feeding a combustion chamber producing 6.9 kN (1,550 lbf) of thrust | The Campini Caproni CC.2 (sometimes referred to as the N-1) was an early thermojet-powered aeroplane. Campini Caproni CC2 Aeroplane. ...
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A thermojet is a rudimentary type of jet engine. ...
A thermojet is a rudimentary type of jet engine. ...
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In 1931 Italian engineer Secondo Campini submitted a report on the potential of jet propulsion to the Italian Air Ministry, and the following year, demonstrated a jet-powered boat in Venice. In 1934, the Air Ministry granted approval for the development of a jet aircraft to demonstrate the principle. Engineering is the application of scientific and mathematical principles to develop economical solutions to technical problems, creating products, facilities, and structures that are useful to people. ...
Secondo Campini (born August 28, 1904 in Bologna, died February 7, 1980 in Milan) was an Italian engineer and one of the pioneers of the jet engine. ...
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A boat is a craft or vessel designed to float on, and provide transport over, water. ...
Country Italy Region Veneto Province Venice (VE) Mayor Massimo Cacciari (since April 18, 2005) Elevation m Area 412 km² Population - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 271,251 - Density 646/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Veneziani Dialing code 041 Postal code 30100 Frazioni Chirignago, Favaro Veneto, Mestre...
As designed by Campini, the aircraft did not have a jet engine in the sense that we know them today. Rather, a conventional piston engine 670 kW (900 hp) Isotta Fraschini L. 121/R.C. 40) was used to drive a compressor, which forced compressed air into a combustion chamber where it was mixed with fuel and ignited. The exhaust produced by this combustion was to drive the aircraft forward. Campini called this configuration a "thermojet". Components of a typical, four stroke cycle, DOHC piston engine. ...
A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. ...
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A combustion chamber is part of an engine in which fuel is burned. ...
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Campini turned to the Caproni aircraft factory to help build the prototypes, and two aircraft and a non-flying ground testbed were eventually constructed. The first flight was on August 27, 1940 with test pilot Mario de Bernardi at the controls. Caproni was Italian aircraft manufacturer, started in 1908 by Gianni Caproni. ...
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1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
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Great propaganda use was made of the aircraft by Mussolini and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale recognised this at the time as the first successful flight by a jet aeroplane, although it was later to emerge that this honour belongs to the Heinkel He 178 that flew a whole year earlier, and using a true turbojet. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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The Heinkel He 178 was the worlds first aircraft to fly under turbojet power, and the first practical jet plane. ...
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Following World War II, one of the prototypes was shipped to the UK for study at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, and subsequently disappeared and was probably scrapped. The other prototype is now on display at the Aeronautical Museum of Vigna di Valle in Rome and the ground testbed is at the Museum of Science and Technology in Milan. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
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Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Milan (MI) Mayor Letizia Moratti Elevation 120 m Area 182 km² Population - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 1,308,311 - Density 6,988/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Milanesi Dialing code 02 Postal code 20100 Patron St. ...
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