The Ca.113's capabilities were demonstrated by
Mario De Bernardi's win of the aerobatic trophy at the
1931 Cleveland Air Races with a
Walter Castor engine and its use in setting a number of aerial records, most importantly a world altitude record of 14,433 m (47,352 ft) set by
Renato Donati on 11 April 1934 using a modified Ca.113 with longer wingspan and powered by a supercharged Alfa-Romeo-built
Bristol Pegasus engine. Other records included a women's world altitude record of 12,010 m (39,400 ft) set by Contessa
Carina Negrone in 1935, and world endurance records for inverted flight. These latter records were set by
Tito Falconi at the US
1933 National Air Races, who flew inverted from
Los Angeles to
San Diego and after the race meet, made an inverted flight from
St. Louis to
Chicago. aircraft The Ca.113 was also produced in quantity by the subsidiary that Caproni established in
Kazanlak, Bulgaria. Here, it was known as the
Chuchuliga ("
Skylark") and was produced in a number of versions designated
KB-2,
KB-3,
KB-4 and
KB-5 in 1938–1939, some of which were armed. 107 of these aircraft were produced, most going to the
Bulgarian Royal Air Force, where they saw service until the country was overrun by the Soviet Union in 1944. ==Variants==