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The Caudron C.270 Luciole ("Firefly") was a sporting, touring and trainer aircraft produced in France in the 1930s, derived from the C.230.

C.270 Luciole
Role Sports plane
Manufacturer Caudron
Designer Paul Deville
First flight 1931
Number built >700

Design and construction


It was a conventional biplane with single-bay, unstaggered wings of equal span. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem open cockpits. It featured a fabric-covered fuselage in place of the C.230's wooden one, and other refinements including revised control surfaces and undercarriage, and an improved and simplified wing-folding mechanism.


Operational history


The type proved immensely successful, with over 700 machines built in the decade leading up to World War II. Of these, 296 were purchased by the French government for its pilot training programme, the Aviation Populaire. Many examples saw wartime service as liaison aircraft, and those surviving the conflict saw postwar use as glider tugs in the Ecole de l'Air.


On film


Lynn Garrison’s Caudron Luciole July 4, 1970, during Roger Corman production Von Richthofen and Brown with American and Irish flags to celebrate the day.
Lynn Garrison’s Caudron Luciole July 4, 1970, during Roger Corman production Von Richthofen and Brown with American and Irish flags to celebrate the day.

Variants


Caudron C.278 photo from L'Aérophile September 1932
Caudron C.278 photo from L'Aérophile September 1932

Operators


 France
 Spain

Specifications (C.272)


Caudron C.270 Luciole 3-vew drawing from L'Aérophile February 1938
Caudron C.270 Luciole 3-vew drawing from L'Aérophile February 1938

General characteristics

Performance


See also


Related lists


References


  1. Mark Carlson, Flying on Film: A Century of Aviation in the Movies, 1912–2012 Duncan, Oklahoma: BearManor Media, 2012. ISBN 978-1-59393-219-0.

Bibliography





На других языках


- [en] Caudron C.270 Luciole

[fr] Caudron C.270

Le Caudron C.270 Luciole est un avion de tourisme, de sport aériens et d'entraînement produit en France dans les années 1930. Il dérive du C.230.

[it] Caudron C.270

Il Caudron C.270 Luciole e le sue sottoversioni derivate furono aerei da turismo sportivo monomotori, biposto e biplani, sviluppati dall'azienda aeronautica francese Société des avions Caudron nei primi anni trenta.

[ru] Caudron C.270

Caudron C.270 Luciole («Светлячок») — французский спортивный самолёт, выпускавшийся компанией Caudron в 1930-х годах, развитие конструкции C.230.



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