CAMS 58

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The CAMS 58 was a French transport flying boat built in the early 1930s by CAMS to succeed the CAMS 53. It had a new biplane wing design and an all-metal hull. It took three years from the start of design to the prototype’s first flight in 1933. Air France showed little interest, so CAMS tried two alternative layouts: first a twin-engine setup with two pairs of engines in tractor-pusher arrangement, then a final version with a single pair of more powerful engines and a wooden hull. Neither version attracted orders. The last version had a little more success, but Air France bought two aircraft and operated them briefly before they proved uneconomical and were withdrawn. In total, four CAMS 58s were built.