The CANT Z.501 Gabbiano (gull) light reconnaissance
flying-boat was serving in fairly large numbers with the Regia
Aeronautica when Italy entered World War II in June 1940. Designed by
Filippo Zappata in the early 1930s, and built by Cantieri Aeronautici e
Navali Triestini (CANT), the prototype was first flown in 1934 at
Monfalcone, Trieste, and later in that year established a new world
seaplane distance record of 4120km with a nonstop flight from Monfalcone
to Massawa in Eritrea. In July the following year the Gabbiano set a
new record of 4957km by flying from Monfalcone to Berbera in Somaliland.
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