Caudron C.190 Explained

The Caudron C.190 was a French two-seat low-wing single-engine sports plane, built by the French aeroplane manufacturer Caudron in the late 1920s. The only variant of the C.190 family (C.190/191/192/193) to be built in series was the C.193.

Operational history

Information in publications is vague, but at least six C.193s were produced (reg. F-AJHG, F-AJOB, F-AJSG, F-AJSH, F-AJSI, F-AJSJ) and one Salmson-powered C.192 (F-AJHF). One aircraft, C.193 F-AJSI, was sold to Great Britain in 1930 and registered as G-ABFX, but returned to France in 1931 to be registered as F-ALLJ.^[1]

In 1929, aircraft F-AJHF and F-AJHG participated in the Challenge 1929 international touring plane contest, and one of them completed it in 28th place, flown by Raymond Delmotte^[2]

In 1930, three C.193s participated in the Challenge 1930 international touring plane contest (F-AJSG, F-AJSH, F-AJSI), Maurice Finat completing it in 17th place and François Arrachart in 24th place.

Variants

• C.190 - first variant, with 80 hp (58.8 kW) Renault straight engine
• C.191 - variant with 95 hp (69.8 kW) Salmson 7AC radial engine
• C.192 - variant with 95 hp (69.8 kW) Salmson 7AC radial engine
• C.193 - series variant, with 98 hp (72 kW) Renault 4Pb straight engine

Bibliography

• Cortet. Pierre. Rétros du Mois. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire . August 2000 . 89 . 4 . Retros of the Month. fr . 1243-8650.
• Marian Krzyżan: Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze 1929-1934, Warsaw 1988,

External links

• Caudron C.193 at Aviafrance.com

Notes and References

1. Registry at Golden Years of Aviation and Aviafrance
2. There is inconsistency in M. Krzyżan Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze..., for F-AJHF is named there C.190, and F-AJHG - C.191, while it is clear from a photo, that F-AJHG was a variant with an inline engine. It is also inconsistent with a data from the French registry. Hence, both aircraft might have been mixed in a book, and F-AJHG might have been later rebuilt to C.193, as appears in the registry. A Salmson-powered variant C.192 F-AJHF might have been rebuilt from C.191 as well, what would explain lack of C.190 and C.191 in the registry.