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    Francesco Agello (27 December 1902 – 24 November 1942) was an Italian test pilot. Born at Casalpusterlengo, Lombardy, Italy, Agello graduated from pilot...
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    209 km/h (440.682 mph), which attained on 24 October 1934, by Francesco Agello in the Macchi-Castoldi M.C.72 seaplane ("idrocorsa") and it remains the...
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    speed of 682 km/h (424 mph). It was piloted by Warrant Officer Francesco Agello (the last qualified test pilot). Not satisfied, development continued as...
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    Nicholas of Ajello (Italian: Nicolò d'Aiello; died 10 February 1221) was the second son of the Sicilian chancellor Matthew of Ajello and the archbishop...
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    150; 12.200 Country Italy Region Umbria Province Perugia (PG) Frazioni Agello, Antria, Borgogiglione, Caligiana, Collesanto, Montecolognola, Monte del...
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  • as fitting punishment from God. Catholic Church in Italy Also spelled "Agello", in Italian Giovanni d'Aiello or Giovanni da Salerno. His family was from...
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    two test pilots who were flying the plane, in April 1933, pilot Francesco Agello succeeded in setting a speed record for a seaplane with a speed of 684 km/h...
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  • December 25 – Barton MacLane, American actor (d. 1969) December 27 – Francesco Agello, Italian aviator (d. 1942) December 28 Mortimer Adler, American philosopher...
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  • recipients of the De la Vaulx Medal: 1934 - Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica Italiana 1935 - Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica Italiana 1937 - Mikhail Gromov...
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    accidents while the third is on display in a museum. First flown by Francesco Agello at Desenzano del Garda in early June 1929, this twin-float monoplane racer...
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    floatplane world speed 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...
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    709.202 km/h (440.678 mph). Both times the plane was piloted by Francesco Agello. This speed remains the fastest speed ever attained by a piston-engined...
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  • Italian World War I flying ace and aviation pioneer (b. 1895) Francesco Agello, Italian aviator (b. 1902) November 25 – Mihail Dragomirescu, Romanian aesthetician...
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    Trasimeno is a mythological figure, joined with Agilla, a nymph born in Agello, now a hill midway between Perugia and Trasimeno, formerly an island in...
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  • Perugia, Monument to the Partisan, 1958, stone Agello, Perugia, Monumento ai Caduti Partigiani di Agello, 1958, steel Passignano sul Trasimeno, Perugia...
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    233; 13.183 Country Italy Region Marche Province Macerata (MC) Frazioni Agello, Aliforni, Biagi, Cagnore, Carpignano, Case Bruciate, Le Casette, Castel...
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    (dirigible); Lt. Cdr. Thomas W. G. Settle, USA (spherical balloon); Francesco Agello, Italy; Mariano Barberan, Spain (posthumously); Herberts Cukurs, Latvia;...
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    west of Fermo. The town was founded in 1248 by the union of the castles of Agello Leone and Marrubbione, which formed a free municipality. Amandola is one...
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  • Vickers Vespa September 16, 1932 1933 682 km/h (423.82 mph) Italy Francesco Agello Macchi-Castoldi MC-72 April 18, 1933 13,660 m (44,816 ft) France Gustave...
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    America in 1926; and speed again, with the new record attained by Francesco Agello in 1934 in an aeroplane powered by the Fiat AS6 engine of 3,100HP. In 1926...
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    assistance of the British engineer "Rod" Banks, the AS.6 was used by Francesco Agello to set a new airspeed record for piston-powered seaplanes at 709.2 kilometres...
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    illi viri. C. Furius Chresimus e servitute liberatus, cum in parvo admodum agello largiores multo fructus perciperet quam ex amplissimis vicinitas, in invidia...
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  • ace and aviation pioneer Guido Masiero and Italian test pilot Francesco Agello are killed when the Macchi C.202 fighters they are testing collide in mid-air...
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  • 202 fighter on 24 November 1942 when he collided with Francesco Agello over Milan. Agello also was killed. Citation on 4 October 1916 War Merit Cross Bronze...
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    diis omnibus": Maxime optime Juppiterque, vosque Omnes Dii Deaeque, quis agello Sedem ex paupere dico dedicoque Et solemnia rite sacra et aras Hac re, legeque...
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  • life will occur in a single air crash until 1950. April 10 – Francesco Agello sets a new airspeed record of 682 km/h (424 mph) in the Italian Macchi M...
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  • Suffolk to Melbourne, Australia in a time of 71 hours. October 23 Francesco Agello passes his 1933 world speed with a new airspeed record of 709 km/h (441 mph)...
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    Grazie Interior view from Via Massari Glimpse inside the ‘Gianna Manenti Agello’ park, seen from the public Via Stazione Glimpse from Via Stazione View...
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    assert "ancient rights". In 1273, it was granted as a fief to Riccardo di Agello. In 1280 – 1281, Charles I commissioned the Master Pierre d'Angicourt, the...
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    Cardinal Latino Orsini (4 December 1454 – 1472) (Administrator) Antonio de Agello (6 November 1472 – 1493) Giovanni Giacomo Castiglione (1493 – 1513 Died)...
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