Caproni & C.
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Count Gianni Caproni; Carlo Comitti; Luigi Faccanoni, engineer.
Societa Caproni e Comitti formed November 1911; joined September 1912 by engineer Luigi Faccanoni (builder of first Italian aircraft, January 1909) and firm renamed Societa degli Ing. Caproni e Faccanoni. Soon after, bought by the Italian government; Caproni retained as technical director until early 1915 when government steps out. 1913, factory equips one squadron with monoplane; 1914, prototype Ca. 30 three-engine bomber with two tractor and one pusher propeller built.
Names: Caproni & C., briefly, 1911, Ingg. De Agostini & Caproni Aviazione; 1912 became Societa Ingegneri Caproni e Faccanoi.
Sources
- Gunston, 1993, p0
- Gunston, 2005, p90
- SD68
Names | Caproni & C., De Agostini & Caproni Aviazione, Societa Ingegneri Caproni e Faccanoi. |
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Country | Italy |
City | Vizzola |
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Started aero | 1911; preceded by Ingg. De Agostini & Caproni Aviazione |
Ended aero | ca. 1913, government acquires firm, which it runs until early 1915. |
Key people | Gianni Caproni, Carlo Comitti, Luigi Faccanoni |
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