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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.

C.440 Goéland
Caudron C.449 Goeland trainer of Air France at Pontoise-Cormeilles airfield near Paris in May 1957
Role Civil utility aircraft
Manufacturer Caudron
Designer Marcel Riffard
First flight 1934
Number built 1,702

Design and development


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.


Operational history


Caudron C.445 in North Africa, 1943
Caudron C.445 in North Africa, 1943
Caudron C.447 Goeland air ambulance of the Armée de l'Air in 1947
Caudron C.447 Goeland air ambulance of the Armée de l'Air in 1947

Apart from private buyers, the C.440 was also bought by the Armée de l'Air, Aéronavale, Aéromaritime, Régie Air Afrique and Air France, and some were exported for service with Aeroput. Production of the C.440 and its subtypes continued until the outbreak of World War II, at which time many C.440s were impressed into military service. Following the fall of France, some were operated by the German Luftwaffe and Deutsche Luft Hansa. Another user was the Slovenské vzdušné zbrane - it ordered 12 aircraft as the C.445M in 1942.

Production began again after the war for military and civil use as a transport and as a twin-engined trainer. In the postwar reorganisation of the French aircraft industry, Caudron became part of SNCA du Nord and the aircraft became the Nord Goeland; 325 of these were built.[1] Postwar commercial operators included Air France, SABENA, Aigle Azur and Compagnie Air Transport (CAT).


Variants



Operators


 Belgium
 Bulgaria
 France
 Germany
 Spain
 Yugoslavia
 Slovakia
 Spain

Specifications (C.445M)


Nord C.449-1 Goeland
Nord C.449-1 Goeland

General characteristics

Performance


See also


Related lists


References



Citations


  1. Green & Pollinger 1954, p. 88.
  2. Stroud 1966, p. 92
  3. Stroud 1966, p. 91
  4. Air-Britain Aviation World December 2011 p.173
  5. Stroud 1966, pp. 91–92

Bibliography



На других языках


[de] Caudron C.440

Die Caudron C.440 Goéland und deren verschiedene Serienausführungen sind Flugzeuge in Gemischtbauweise für eine zweiköpfige Besatzung und sechs Passagiere. Das Muster wurde von Caudron seit 1936 unter anderem für die Fluggesellschaften Air Afrique und Air Bleu produziert. Das Flugzeug war mit zwei Renault-Motoren ausgerüstet.
- [en] Caudron C.440 Goéland

[fr] Caudron C.440

Le Caudron C.440 Goéland est un avion bimoteur de transport de passager et d’entraînement, construit par la Société anonyme des avions Caudron.

[ru] Caudron C.440 Goéland

Caudron C.440 Goéland ("Чайка") — французский двухмоторный многоцелевой самолёт, выпускавшийся компанией Caudron во второй половине 1930-х годов. Всего за период с 1936 по 1948 год было построено около 1400 самолётов, из них 810 во время немецкой оккупации: таким образом, между 1940 и 1944 годами данная модель была наиболее массово выпускавшимся самолётом французского авиапрома.



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