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Designer, Founder
Giovanni Battista Caproni , known as "Gianni" Caproni, was an Italian aeronautical engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, and aircraft designer who founded the Caproni aircraft-manufacturing company
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variant spelling:
Caproni, Giovanni Battista
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Curriculum vitae
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* 03.07.1886
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Massone (Arco today)
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born
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1907
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Degree in civil engineering at Munich Polytechnic
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1908
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he founded the Caproni factory to manufacture biplanes
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1910
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he designed and built his first powered aircraft
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1914 - 1918
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he designed and built bombers
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1940
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He was granted the title Conte di Taliedo (Count Taliedo, or Earl of Taliedo)
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† 27.10.1957
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Roma
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died
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