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    The Macchi M.C. 72 is an experimental floatplane designed and built by the Italian aircraft company Macchi Aeronautica. The M.C. 72 held the world speed...
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    The Macchi C.205 Veltro (Italian: Greyhound) (also known as MC.205, "MC" standing for "Macchi Castoldi") was an Italian World War II fighter aircraft built...
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    used the type throughout the Second World War. The C.200 was designed by Mario Castoldi, Macchi's lead designer, to serve as a modern monoplane fighter...
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    C.202 was designed by a team headed by the company's chief of design, Italian aeronautics engineer Mario Castoldi. As per company tradition, Macchi aircraft...
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    which attained on 24 October 1934, by Francesco Agello in the Macchi-Castoldi M.C.72 seaplane ("idrocorsa") and it remains the current record. It was...
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    low-wing monoplane that Castoldi would design for Macchi, virtually nothing of the company's preceding racing flying boat, the Macchi M.33, was present in...
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    record of four days in 1933, and the development of the seaplane Macchi-Castoldi M.C.72, which was the world's fastest seaplane in 1933. In 1933, Italo...
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    Caliaro, Luigino (23 October 2014). "Today in Aviation History – Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72, The World's Fastest Piston-Powered Seaplane". Warbirds News. Archived...
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    Supermarine S.6). Castoldi's most famous plane was the Macchi M.C.72 (designed over three years, from 1931 to 1933). At first, Castoldi hoped this plane...
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    L Macchi M.B.308 Macchi MB.323 Macchi M.39 Macchi M.67 Macchi M.416 Macchi-Castoldi MC.72 Macchi-Hanriot HD.1 Macchi MC.200 Macchi MC.202 Macchi MC.205...
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    record of 709 km/h (440.6 mph) achieved by Francesco Agello in the Macchi-Castoldi MC-72 in October 1934 and the long-range formation flight to the United...
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  • Atlantic Books, 2006. ISBN 978-1-84354-528-6. Green, William. "The Macchi-Castoldi Series." Famous Fighters of the Second World War-2. London, Macdonald...
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    Castoldi and together they built the famous family of Italian race seaplanes composed by the M.39, the M.52, the M.67 and the record-breaking M.C.72;...
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    Mario Castoldi, designer of the 1926 winner, the Macchi M.39, also designed other contestants such as the M.52, the M.52R, the M.67, and the M.C.72. After...
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  • September 2014. "FAI Record ID #13081 - Distance, C-Powered Aeroplanes (Absolute Record of classes C, H and M) Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine"...
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  • designers set world speed records (such as the Macchi M.C.72 designed by the Italian airplane designer Mario Castoldi). One of the test pilots killed during the...
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    admitted to the II Course for high speed seaplanes piloting the Macchi-Castoldi MC-72. As part of Velocisti (high speed runners) he was allowed to wear...
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    chemical engineering Mario Castoldi (1888–1968), aeronautical engineer; designer of the Macchi MC.200, Macchi MC.202 and Macchi MC.205 fighter aircraft Bernard...
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