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X-Plane 9.70 Caproni Ca.33. Caproni Ca.33 MM 1158 flown by 8 Squadriglia, IV Gruppo, Corpo Aereo Italiano, based at San Pelagio in the spring of 1917. The Ca33 was one of the first strategic bombers in the world and during WW1 these planes had a very important role in the last year of war. One of these aircraft is preserved at the Vigna di Valle Museum of the Aeronautica Militare italiana. Important: the cockpit instruments of the Ca.33 were very poor--there were only the rpm and the fuel pressure gauges--so for X-Plane use the compass, the airspeed indicator and the altimeter have been added. By Paolo Matricardi. Animated pilot by Bertrand Augras. Sounds by Chris Wraight.