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Piana Canova PC.500
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Piana Canova PC.500

Type of aircraft

Overview

The Piana Canova PC.500 single-seat glider was a development of the earlier PC.100 primary glider, more robust and capable of aerobatics. Both were designed and built in Italy in the mid-1930s and they shared an unusual thick profile wing of rhomboidal plan. Only one PC.500 was built.

Specifications

Figures are compiled from public sources and may be approximate; they can vary by variant and configuration.

Photos

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