An ‘Outstanding American Citzen’

Italian immigrant Giuseppe Bellanca pioneered the cabin monoplane design, leading to a long line of record-breaking aircraft. On May 19, 1912, at Mineola Field, Long Island, gawkers and aviators alike watched with amusement as a diminutive young Italian assembled his parasol flying machine.  Before their astonished eyes, he then proceeded to teach himself to fly, …

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