Mario Calderara

Mario Calderara (built?) a hydroaeroplane in 1912, presumably in Italy, and went on to be a well-known pilot, obtaining the first pilot's license in Italy.

Calderara corresponded with the Wright Brothers and with Cortlandt Field Bishop in 1905.

Patent FR-1909-402819 is a patent filed in collaboration with fellow Italian Umberto Savoia.

Patent FR-1909-403690 is a patent filed in collaboration with French inventor Ambroise Goupy.

Sources

• SD66 ; and Peter thinks he has a book about Calderara.
• The Associazione Mario Calderara cites a 1999 book by Lodovico Calderara, Attilio Marchetti, titled Mario Calderara, aviatore e inventore, at present available only in Italian, but with an English translation expected.

Links

• w:it:Mario Calderara
• Video: Aeronautica Militare - 1909 Mario Calderara 1°pilota di aeroplano italiano – opens with some great footage of early airplanes and some more unusual-looking flying machines

Patents whose inventor or applicant is Mario Calderara

• Patent FR-1909-402819 (English title: Apparatus facilitating the take-off and landing of flying machines of all types, Filing date: 1909-05-08)
• Patent FR-1909-403690 (English title: Aeroplane command system, Filing date: 1909-06-04)
• Patent FR-1910-403690.12937 (English title: Aeroplane command system, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1909-403690, Filing date: 1910-07-19)

Publications by or about Mario Calderara

• Calderara, 1908, L'aviation future dans la marine (Simple title: Future aviation in the navy, Journal: La Rev. Aviat.)
• Hall, 1909, The Calderara accident (Simple title: The Calderara accident, Journal: Aero)
• Calderara, 1913, Lieut. (Mario) Calderara (of the Italian Navy) and his hydrovol (Simple title: Lieut. (Mario) Calderara (of the Italian Navy) and his hydrovol, Journal: Flight)

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Names	Mario Calderara
Birth date	1879-10-10
Death date	1944
Countries	IT
Locations	Verona
Occupations	military officer
Tech areas	Airplane
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