Aero Club Torino

Sources indicate the Aero Club Torino started in 1909, but the SAT might be the same thing. . . to be researched

The Societa Aviazione Torino (SAT) or Aviation Society of Turin (Italy) was established in 1909 to bring together those interested in aviation by promoting studies, publications, experiments, contests, and exhibitions. The SAT organized the first Italian national congress on aerial locomotion in Turin, 16-19 Apr. 1910. (The volume of documents and reports, including a separate appendix, totals some 300 pages.) Under auspices of the SAT and in conjunction with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the fifth international congress (exhibition) of aviation was held in Turin, 25-31 Oct. 1911.

The nearly 400 members enrolled before 31 Dec. 1909 were considered founding members. Officers at the beginning of 1910 included Carlo Montù, president; Franco Franchi and Cesare Goria Gatti, vice presidents; Carlo Federico Bonini, secretary and Luigi Craponne, treasurer.

The present Aero Club of Torino site has a remarkably thorough and clear summary of early aero developments in that area and presumably the early history of this society and its names: https://www.aeroclubtorino.it/en/history/chapter-3.html. (That's chapter 3 of a work with many relevant chapters.)

Address: Scala B, Galleria Nazionale, Turin (at least 1909-1910). Address in 1915 is the same as the Associazione Aviatori e Aeronauti d'Italia.

Sources

• 1910 Annuario dell' Aeronautica Primo 356-366 (Sept. 1910)
• 1911-1912 Annuario dell' Aeronautica 397-403 (Sept. 1911)
• 1915 Annuario dell' Aeronautica, 785, 196-798
• National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints
• WorldCat.org and WorldCat-OCLC
• Aero Club Torino. 2023. History of the Aero Club Torino.

Organization names	Aviation Society of Turin : Societa Aviazione di Torino (SAT)
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Country	Italy
City	Turin
Affiliated with	ArCI
Scope	Local
Started aero	1909
Ended aero
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