Caudron C.440

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name=C.440 Goéland


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type=Civil utility aircraft
manufacturer=Caudron
designer=Marcel Riffard
first flight=1934
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The Caudron C.440 "Goéland" ("seagull") was a six-seat twin-engine utility aircraft developed in France in the mid 1930s. It was a conventionally-configured low-wing cantilever monoplane with tailwheel undercarriage. The main undercarriage units retracted into the engine nacelles. Construction was wooden throughout, with wooden skinning everywhere but the forward and upper fuselage sections, which were skinned in metal. As usually configured, the cabin seated six passengers with baggage compartments fore and aft, and a toilet aft.

Apart from private buyers, the C.440 was also bought by the Armée de l'Air, Aéronavale, Air France, and Aeroput. Production of the C.440 and its subtypes continued until the outbreak of war, at which time many C.440s were impressed into military service. Following the fall of France, some were operated by the German Luftwaffe and Lufthansa.

Production was restarted briefly following the war, with post-war operators including SABENA, Aigle Azur, and Compagnie Air Transport (CAT).

Variants

* C.440 - prototype (3 built)
* C.441 - version with Renault 6Q-01 engine and dihedral added to outer wing panel (4 built)
* C.444 - first version with counter-rotating propellers, adopted on all later versions (17 built)
* C.445 - similar to C.444, but dihedral of outer wing panels increased (114 built)
** C.445/1 - 2 built
** C.445/2 - 3 built
** C.445/3 - postwar production version (510 built)
** C.445M - militarised version (404 built)
** C.445R - long-range version (1 built)
* C.446 Super Goéland - 1 built
* C.447 - air ambulance version (31 built)
* C.448 - version with supercharged engines (7 built)
* C.449 - final production version (349 built, including subtypes below)
** C.449/1
** C.449/2
** C.449/3
** C.449/4 - photographic survey version
** C.449/5

Operators

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*SABENA;FRA
*Aeronavale
*Aigle Azur
*Air France
*Armee de l'Air
*Compagnie Air Transport (CAT);flag|Germany|Nazi
*Lufthansa
*Luftwaffe;flag|Yugoslavia|kingdom:
*Aeroput

pecifications (C.445M)

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crew=Two pilots
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height ft=11
height in=2
wing area sqm=42.0
wing area sqft=452
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empty weight kg=2,292
empty weight lb=5,053
gross weight kg=3,500
gross weight lb=7,716
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eng1 number=2
eng1 type=Renault 6Q
eng1 kw= 220
eng1 hp= 164
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max speed kmh=300
max speed mph=186
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range km=1,000
range miles=620
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ceiling m=7,000
ceiling ft=22,965
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