The Caproni Ca.97 was a civil utility aircraft produced in Italy in the late 1920s and early 1930s. As originally designed, it was a high-wing braced trimotor monoplane of conventional configuration with one engine mounted on the nose and the other two carried on strut-mounted nacelles at the fuselage sides. Examples were also produced with only the nose engine or only the two nacelle-mounted engines. Operational history Some aircraft were used by airlines in small numbers. Military versions were used by the Regia Aeronautica in colonial policing roles, particularly in Libya from November 1929. Variants Ca.97 Prototype 3-engined powered by 3x Lorraine-Dietrich 5P 5-cylinder radial engines; one built. Ca.97 C.Tr. (C.Tr. - coloniale trasporto - colonial transport), colonial transports similar to the Ca.97, powered by 3x Walter Mars radial engines;two built. Ca.97 C.Mo Powered by a single Alfa Romeo Jupiter VIII Ri. Ca.97 MPowered by a single Alfa Romeo Jupiter IV. Ca.97 CoColonial reconnaissance-bomber, powered by a single Alfa Romeo Jupiter IV; five aircraft built. Ca.97 RiArmed reconnaissance aircraft, powered by a single Alfa Romeo Jupiter VIII Ri; four built for the Regia Aeronautica. Ca.97 Idro Twin-float seaplane version, powered by a single Alfa Romeo Jupiter VIII Ri; one aircraft built. Operators Civil Salvatore Castelli Società Aerea Mediterranea Ala Littoria Malért (Magyar Légiforgalmi R.T.) Military Regia Aeronautica Magyar Légierő (Hungarian Air Force) Specifications (Ca.97 Ri) References Ca.097 1920s Italian civil utility aircraft 1920s Italian bomber aircraft Trimotors Single-engined tractor aircraft High-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1927