CAMS 58

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type=Flying boat airliner
manufacturer=CAMS
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first flight=1933
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primary user=Air France
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number built=4
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The CAMS 53 was a transport flying boat built in France in the early 1930s intended as a successor to the highly successful CAMS 53. Compared to the earlier design, the CAMS 58 featured a newly-designed sesquiplane wing cellule and an all-metal hull in place of its predecessor's wooden one. Work was slow, with three years passing between the start of design work and the prototype's first flight. When the newly-formed Air France showed no interest in purchasing the type, CAMS redesigned it to be powered by two pairs of engines in tractor-pusher installations. Again, no interest was forthcoming. The final iteration of the design, reverting to a single pair of more powerful engines and a wooden hull, met with only slightly more success. Air France bought two machines and operated them briefly before declaring them to be uneconomical and removing them from service.

Variants

* 53-0 - prototype with Hispano-Suiza 12Fa engines (1 built)
* 53-2 - four-engine version with Lorraine Algol 9Na engines (1 built)
* 53-3 - version with Hispano-Suiza 12Nbr engines (2 built)

pecifications (58/3)

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crew=Three
capacity=4 passengers
length m=14.91
length ft=48
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span ft=79
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height ft=20
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wing area sqm=129.7
wing area sqft=1,396
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empty weight kg=5,428
empty weight lb=11,967
gross weight kg=8,450
gross weight lb=18,629
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eng1 number=2
eng1 type=Hispano-Suiza 12Nbr
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max speed kmh=200
max speed mph=125
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range km=950
range miles=590
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ceiling m=4,500
ceiling ft=14,765
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