Francesco Agello (27 December 1902 - 26 November 1942) was an Italian test pilot. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Test pilots are Aviators who fly new and modified Aircraft in specific maneuvers allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated
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Biography and flight achievements
Born at Casalpusterlengo, Lombardy, Agello graduated from pilot school in 1924 and soon became a test pilot. Casalpusterlengo is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km southeast Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the He was the forth of four test pilots who tried to set a speed record with the Macchi M.C.72. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout However, one after the other, the test pilots ahead of Agello died (first Monti and then Bellini flying the M. C. 72, Neri died flying a CR-20 in 1933). Agello became famous when he succeeded in piloting the plane to a new speed record (over water) on April 10, 1933. He attained an average speed of 683 km/h (424 mph). More than a year later he flew the M. C. 72 to a new speed record of more than 700 km/h (709 km/h or 440 mph) on 23 October 1934. No one has ever flown a piston-engine seaplane faster since that date.
Awards
He was awarded the De la Vaulx Medal twice for his speed records, once in 1933 and again in 1934. The De la Vaulx Medal is an aviation award presented by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI the international aviation standard setting and record-keeping body
Later career and death
In 1935 he joined the Italian government's airplane test center.
He died during World War II in an aircraft crash while testing a new Italian fighter plane at Bresso, near Milan. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Bresso is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 8 km north of Milan Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. He was almost 40 years old.
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