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    Francesco Agello (27 December 1902 – 24 November 1942) was an Italian test pilot. Born at Casalpusterlengo, Lombardy, Italy, Agello graduated from pilot...
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    709.209 km/h (440.682 mph), which attained on 24 October 1934, by Francesco Agello in the Macchi-Castoldi M.C.72 seaplane ("idrocorsa") and it remains...
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    with a speed of 682 km/h (424 mph). It was piloted by Warrant Officer Francesco Agello (the last qualified test pilot). Not satisfied, development continued...
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    of 709.202 km/h (440.678 mph). Both times the plane was piloted by Francesco Agello. This speed remains the fastest speed ever attained by a piston-engined...
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    floatplane world speed record of 709 km/h (440.6 mph) achieved by Francesco Agello in the Macchi-Castoldi MC-72 in October 1934 and the long-range formation...
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  • recipients of the De la Vaulx Medal: 1934 - Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica Italiana 1935 - Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica Italiana 1937 - Mikhail...
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  • Masiero, Italian World War I flying ace and aviation pioneer (b. 1895) Francesco Agello, Italian aviator (b. 1902) November 25 – Mihail Dragomirescu, Romanian...
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    of two test pilots who were flying the plane, in April 1933, pilot Francesco Agello succeeded in setting a speed record for a seaplane with a speed of...
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    America in 1926; and speed again, with the new record attained by Francesco Agello in 1934 in an aeroplane powered by the Fiat AS6 engine of 3,100HP....
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    accidents while the third is on display in a museum. First flown by Francesco Agello at Desenzano del Garda in early June 1929, this twin-float monoplane...
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    (dirigible); Lt. Cdr. Thomas W. G. Settle, USA (spherical balloon); Francesco Agello, Italy; Mariano Barberan, Spain (posthumously); Herberts Cukurs, Latvia;...
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  • Vickers Vespa September 16, 1932 1933 682 km/h (423.82 mph) Italy Francesco Agello Macchi-Castoldi MC-72 April 18, 1933 13,660 m (44,816 ft) France Gustave...
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  • as fitting punishment from God. Catholic Church in Italy Also spelled "Agello", in Italian Giovanni d'Aiello or Giovanni da Salerno. His family was from...
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  • Suffolk to Melbourne, Australia in a time of 71 hours. October 23 Francesco Agello passes his 1933 world speed with a new airspeed record of 709 km/h...
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  • recipient and the place and date of the award engraved between them Francesco Agello (Gold, 1934) Roald Amundsen (Gold, 1928 posthumously) Mario Aramu (Gold...
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  • December 25 – Barton MacLane, American actor (d. 1969) December 27 – Francesco Agello, Italian aviator (d. 1942) December 28 Mortimer Adler, American philosopher...
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  • loss of life will occur in a single air crash until 1950. April 10 – Francesco Agello sets a new airspeed record of 682 km/h (424 mph) in the Italian Macchi...
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  • C.202 fighter on 24 November 1942 when he collided with Francesco Agello over Milan. Agello also was killed. Citation on 4 October 1916 War Merit Cross...
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    assistance of the British engineer "Rod" Banks, the AS.6 was used by Francesco Agello to set a new airspeed record for piston-powered seaplanes at 709.2 kilometres...
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  • War I ace and aviation pioneer Guido Masiero and Italian test pilot Francesco Agello are killed when the Macchi C.202 fighters they are testing collide...
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  • Mahatma Gandhi resigned as leader of the Indian National Congress. Francesco Agello flew a Macchi M.C.72 seaplane 440.69 miles per hour (709.22 km/h),...
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  • reached a breathtaking 709 Km/H just before WW2, with pilot officer Francesco Agello at the controls. This engine is basically two siamezed Fiat Vee 12...
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    diis omnibus": Maxime optime Juppiterque, vosque Omnes Dii Deaeque, quis agello Sedem ex paupere dico dedicoque Et solemnia rite sacra et aras Hac re, legeque...
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    traditional hills of the city: Belvedere, Monte Antico, Capodimonte, Roflano and Agello. The climate of Ripatransone is close to the Mediterranean: winters are...
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    noble faction against the pro-Florentine commoners. In 1390 he besieged Agello, held by the commoners, and after open war broke out between Milan and Florence...
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    Grazie Interior view from Via Massari Glimpse inside the ‘Gianna Manenti Agello’ park, seen from the public Via Stazione Glimpse from Via Stazione View...
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    Cardinal Latino Orsini (4 December 1454 – 1472) (Administrator) Antonio de Agello (6 November 1472 – 1493) Giovanni Giacomo Castiglione (1493 – 1513 Died)...
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    the Marche. New public buildings, churches and bell towers were built. Francesco Sforza, a condottiero owning several lands in the Marche, settled down...
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    Guilelmus Dallavigna O.S.B. (1405–1407) (Roman Obedience) Franciscus de Agello (1407–1424) Angelus Scardoni, O.E.S.A. (1425–1428) Antonius of Anagni (1429–1434)...
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    loss of life of some 15,000 persons. The Bishop of Catania, Ioannes de Agello, was among the dead. On 7 July 1274 Pope Gregory X wrote to the Bishop of...
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