{{Short description|Flying boat built in France}} __NOTOC__ <!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft |name=33 |image=CAMS 33C L'Aéronautique January,1926.jpg |caption=CAMS 33C |type=Reconnaissance flying boat |manufacturer=CAMS |designer=Raffaele Conflenti |first_flight=1923 |introduction= |retired= |status= |primary_user= |more_users= |produced= |number_built=21 |variants= }}

The '''CAMS 33''' was a reconnaissance flying boat built in France in the early 1920s. It was designed in response to a French Navy requirement for new flying boats for various roles. {{TOC limit|limit=2}}

==Design and development== Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS) submitted prototype aircraft in two categories for the Navy requirement - as both a reconnaissance aircraft and a transport. The design was a conventional biplane flying boat with equal-span unstaggered wings and two engines mounted in a single nacelle in tractor-pusher configuration on struts in the interplane gap. Accommodation consisted of an open cockpit for two, plus open bow and dorsal gun positions on the reconnaissance machine, or an enclosed cabin for seven passengers on the transport version.<ref>Taylor and Alexander 1969, pp. 78–79.</ref>

==Operational history== The transport ('''33C''' or '''33T''') was passed over, but the armed reconnaissance version was accepted for production as the '''33B'''. Twelve aircraft were eventually produced for the French Navy, these equipping Escadrille 1R1 at Cherbourg-Chantereyne. Yugoslavia purchased another six machines. The '''33T''' prototype flew under civil registration for a few years, but was unable to attract customers.<ref>Taylor 1989, p. 226.</ref>

==Operators== ;{{FRA}} *French Navy ;{{flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

==Specifications (33B) == {{Aircraft specs |prime units? = met

|crew=three-four |length m=13.23 |length ft=43 |length in=5 |span m=17.62 |span ft=57 |span in=10 |height m=4.88 |height ft=16 |height in=0 |gross weight kg=4,000 |gross weight lb=8,818

|eng1 number=2 |eng1 name=Hispano-Suiza 8F |eng1 kw=208 |eng1 hp=275

|max speed kmh=175 |max speed mph=109 |range km=820 |range miles=510 |endurance=18 hours 0 minutes |ceiling m=5,000 |ceiling ft=16,405 |armament = *1 × trainable .303 Lewis gun in bow position *1 × trainable .303 Lewis gun in dorsal position *300 kg (660 lb) of bombs carried under lower wing }}

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==References== {{commons category|CAMS 33}}

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===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin}} * Taylor, John W. R. and Jean Alexander. ''Combat Aircraft of the World.'' New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. {{ISBN|0-71810-564-8}}. * Taylor, Michael J. H. ''Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation''. London: Studio Editions, 1989. {{ISBN|0-517-69186-8}}. * ''World Aircraft Information Files.'' London: Bright Star Publishing, File 891, Sheet 02. {{Refend}}

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33 Category:1920s French military reconnaissance aircraft Category:Flying boats Category:Biplanes Category:Twin-engined push-pull aircraft Category:Aircraft first flown in 1923