The CANSA C.5 was a training biplane developed in Italy shortly before World War II. its conventional open-cockpit tailskid design was loosely derived from the Hanriot HD.1 produced en masse in Italy under licence. Originally aimed at the civil market no sales ensued but CANSA found a customer in the Regia Aeronautica which placed an order for twelve aircraft in October 1939; six single-seaters and six two-seaters. This was followed by an order for fifty machines the following year.
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