Photo of Caproni-Campini N.1, MM487, Italian Air Force

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Photo of Caproni-Campini N.1, MM487, Italian Air Force
Photo URL: http://www.worldairpics.com/photo/1037193/M/Caproni-Campini-N1/MM487/Italian-Air-Force/

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Aircraft

Location & Date

Type: Caproni-Campini N.1
Aircraft Reg: MM487
Code Number: 1
MSN / CN: 4850

Operator: Italian Air Force

Picture Category: Prototype / Preserved

Picture ID: 1037193

Location: Vigna di Valle
Country: Italy
Date: 19th August 2010

Photographer

Fergal Goodman

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Comments: This unusual early jet used a piston engine to drive a compressor, which forced compressed air into a combustion chamber where it was mixed with fuel and ignited. The N.1 first flew on 27 August 1940. On display at the Museo Storico dell' Aeronautica Militare.