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Inventor, designer
Enrico Forlanini was an italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer. Forlanini is well known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigible. His older brother Carlo was a famous Italian physician twice nominated for the nobel prize in medicine.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, engineer, designer, inventor
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Schreibweisen:
Forlanini, Enrico
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Lebenslauf
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* 13.12.1848
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Milano
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1868 - 1870
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He studied in the Scuola di Applicazione Artiglieria e Genio (Application School of Artillery and Engineers) in Turin.
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1877
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First flight of a steam helicopter built by Forlanini
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1900 - 1906
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He study of airships
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1905
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He built the first efficient manned hydrofoil ship
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1909
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First flight of the Airship "Leonardo da Vinci" built by Forlanini
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† 09.10.1930
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Milano
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gestorben
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