Tag: Francesco Agello

Today in Aviation History: Francesco Agello Sets New Airspeed Record Flying the Macchi M.C.72

Learn how Francesco Agello broke the world airspeed record on October 21, 1934, flying the…

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Operation M.C.72 – Recreating a World Speed Record Holding Seaplane

Over the last few years, Vintage Aviation News has covered the impressive efforts underway in…

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Today in Aviation History – Agello Sets World’s Speed Record

On April, 10 1933 at Lago di Garda, Brescia, Italy, Warrant Officer Francesco Agello, Regia…

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Today in Aviation History -Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72, The World’s Fastest Piston-Powered Seaplane

By Luigino Caliaro. On October 23rd eighty years ago, Francesco Agello and the Macchi Castoldi…

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