Filippo Zappata
Filippo Zappata (July 6, 1894 – August 30, 1994)[1] was an Italian engineer and aircraft designer.
Zappata was born in Ancona. He worked for Gabardini, Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (CANT), Blériot, Breda, and Agusta, In the 1930s he designed a series of successful multi-engined hydroplanes such as the CANT Z.501 flying boat, CANT Z.506 floatplane, and CANT Z.1007 medium bomber.[citation needed] In association with test pilot Mario Stoppani, Zappata's designs flew 15 first flights and set 41 world aeronautical records.[2]
In the 1940s he designed a large four-engined airliner, the Breda-Zappata BZ.308. He died at Gallarate in 1994 at the age of 100.
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- Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell; Alegi, Gregory. Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918: Volume 4 of Fighting Airmen of WWI Series: Volume 4 of Air Aces of WWI. Grub Street, 1997. ISBN 1-898697-56-6, ISBN 978-1-898697-56-5.
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