Romolo Manissero

Romolo Manissero
Poster for the 1911 Rimini air meeting.

Romolo Manissero (1882 - 19 May 1951) was an early Italian aviator who trained at the Berlioz school in Paris and was the first Italian to loop-the-loop.

Early life

Romolo Manissero was born in Pocapaglia in the province of Cuneo in 1882.[1]

Aviation

He received his aviator's certificate from the Aéro-Club de France on 7 April 1911. He participated in the Italian air meeting at Rimini in August 1911 with Francesco Deroye and Carlo Maffei. On 31 August he made a flight with Lyda Borelli, a famous actress of the time, of 20 minutes in order to promote the event. On his next flight, alone, he was involved in an accident when his wheel clipped a rise in the airfield and he suffered serious cerebal and abdominal injuries and broke his jaw. The accident led to the early cancellation of the meeting.[2] He suffered from the after-effects of his injuries for the rest of his life. He was later involved in aircraft manufacture in Italy and military aviation.

References

  1. ↑ Romolo Manissero, pioniere dell'aviazione. Le Terre dei Savoia. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "The 1911 Italian Air Meeting in Rimini" by Matteo Calestini, The Cinderella Philatelist, July 2016, Vol. 56, No. 3 (Whole No. 223), pp. 111-112.
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