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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Stipa-Caproni

Vintage Aviation News

During these years, he concluded that the inner surface of the venturi tube needed an airfoil shape to achieve the greatest efficiency. The contract for building Stipa’s design was given to Caproni in 1932, as the Italian government was seeking ways to showcase Italian aviation technology. The Stipa-Caproni in flight.

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A Bristol Bulldog Biplane Fighter is Once Again in the Sky

Vintage Aviation News

It actually flew fine, and it flies like a normal airplane. “If you view the video of the first flight on YouTube ( LINK ), you’ll see the airplane does some wiggling around, but most of that was done on purpose as I was trying to get the feel of it as fast as I could.” It is a terrible airplane for crosswinds.

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