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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