Francisco Santarini Tognoli

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Francisco Santarini Tognoli was an aero engineer involved with the Talleres Nacionales de Construcciones Aeronáuticas and Escuela Militar de Aviación of Mexico, both established in 1915.

He was born in Italy, and worked at Anzani in Paris in 1909, then at Moisant Aviation School in the US.[1]

He visited Europe in 1919 with Alberto Leopoldo Salinas Carranza to procure airplanes, engines, and ammunition.[2]



References

  1. "Francisco Santarini", América Vuela, 2 February 2020.
  2. Santiago A. Flores, "Mexico: May 1920: When Military Aviation Failed the Established Government", Small Air Forces Observer Vol. 38, No. 4 (152) April 2015, p. 113.

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Names Francisco Santarini Tognoli
Birth date 1883
Death date 1954
Countries MX, IT
Locations Paris; Hampstead, New York; Mexico City
Occupations engineer
Tech areas Airplane
Affiliations Talleres Nacionales de Construcciones Aeronáuticas, Escuela Militar de Aviación
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