Eighty-five years ago today (August 27, 1940), the Caproni Campini N.1 made its first flight. Designed by Italian engineer Secondo Campini and built in partnership with the Caproni aircraft company, ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Buoyed by the Italian government funding of his project, and interest in his work from the Italian aeronautics community, Stipa patented his design in Italy, ...

In the experimental madness of the 1930s, Italy built an aircraft that looked more like a flying barrel than a real airplane. The Stipa-Caproni was bizarre, slow, and almost cartoonish, yet hidden ...

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