Società Aeronautica Italiana

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Founded at Rome, 3 Mar. 1904, when its first statutes (bylaws) were adopted, the Società Aeronautica Italiana (SAI) was one of the 8 national organizations that met in Paris 12-14 Oct. 1905 to put together the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI). From the beginning, it appears the SAI functioned as a local organization in Rome and as a national organization for Italy. In 1905, sections were formed in Turin (SAI Sezione di Torino) and Milan (SAI Sezione di Milano) and by then the local effort in Rome was the SAI Sezione di Roma. Both the sede central (headquarters) and the Rome section shared the same address. According to its 1906 statutes, the SAI consisted of founding members and in autonomous sections based in Rome and other cities of Italy (though none were named), with a central department (Direzione Centrale or DC) resident at the headquarters (Sede Social) in Rome. The president of the Rome section served as the general president of the SAI who, along with delegates from each section, comprised the DC. In 1909, there appear to have been new bylaws and the DC was renamed the Consiglio General (CG) or General Council. The CG included delegates from the SAI, the Società Italiana di Aviazione (SIA), the Touring Club Italiano, and the Automobile Club d'Italia.

The SAI's purposes included favoring aeronautics in all its forms and applications, contributing to the science and the sport of aeronautics, publishing a bulletin, and fostering the use and study of racing pigeons as an aid to aeronautics. In 1906, the SAI existed under the patronage of H.R.H. Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, and the honorary presidency of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Abruzzi. Dr. Filippo De Fillippi was the general president ca. 1906. In 1910, the patron and honorary president were the same; Potenziani Prince Lodovico was president and Capt. Guido Castagneris was general secretary. The official journal, published 1904 through 1908, was Bollettino della Società Aeronautica Italiana (Vols. 1-5). That was succeeded in 1909 by Revista Tecnica di Aeronautica e Bollettino della Società Aeronautica Italiana (Vol. 6). Beginning in 1910, the publication's title was shortened to Revista Technica d'Aeronautica (Vol. 7). In 1911, the SAI dissolved and was reconstituted as the Aero Club d'Italia which retained the three sections of the SAI.

The "Regolamento per la Coppa Aeronautica 'Regina Marherita di Savoia per il Passaggio delle Alpi in Aerosato," published by the SAI, apparently in 1906, mentions the SAI Direzione Centrale (DC) in Rome as well the sections in Rome, Turin, and Milan. Also, note: At the FAI Conference Statutaire in October 1910, the SAI reported the gas consumed by balloons in Italy and also reported three aeroplanes in the country.

This society was a co-founding member of the FAI on 14 Oct 1905.

  • Address: Corso Umberto I. 397, Rome (at least 1906-1907); 70 Via Della Muratte, Rome (1907-1911)

Sources

  • Conference Internationale d'Aeronautique Proces-Verbaux, Oct. 12-14, 1905
  • FAI Conference Statutaire Proces-Verbaux (1906-1910)
  • SAI, Statuto Sociale (1906)
  • SAI, Regolamento per la Coppa Aeronautica "Regina Marherita di Savoia" per il passaggio delle Alpi in aerosato (1906)
  • Pocket-Book of Aeronautics 443-444 (Eng. Ed., Jan. 1907)
  • 1:5 Aeronautics (NYC) 44 (1907); 1:6 Aeronautics (NYC) 38 (1907)
  • 1908 Intl Motor Cyclopaedia YB Geog. Trade Dir. 203, 220
  • 1909 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 211
  • 1909 Motor Cyclopaedia YB 110 Misc.
  • ACA annuals (1908-1912)
  • 1910 Annuario dell' Aeronautica 317-330 (1910)
  • "Flight" Manual 14 (1910)
  • 1910 Brockett 61, 783
  • Aéro-Manuel 1911 271 (1 Oct. 1910)
  • 1911 Hazell's 488
  • 1911-1912 Annuario dell' Aeronautica 390-393 (Sept. 1911)
  • 1921 Brockett 1139
  • National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints
  • WorldCat.org and WorldCat-OCLC
  • http://www.aeci.it/storia; http://coni.it/index.php?id=145


Organization names Society Aeronautic Italian : Societa Aeronautica Italiana (2)
Entity type
Country Italy
City Rome
Affiliated with FAI, SAI, Società Italiana di Aviazione, Touring Club Italiano, and the Automobile Club d'Italia., FAI, Society Aeronautic Italia, Rome Section, SAI Sezione di Roma, Society Aeronautic Italian, Section Turin, SAI Sezione di Torino, Society Aeronautic Italian, Section Milan, Bollettino della Societa Aeronautica Italiana, Revista Tecnica di Aeronautica e Bollettino della Società Aeronautica Italiana
Scope National Federation
Started aero 1904
Ended aero 1911, reconstituted as Aero Club d'Italia
Keywords
Key people Filippo De Fillippi, Potenziani Prince Lodovico, Guido Castagneris
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