A Vlaicu III
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The A Vlaicu III was the world's first metal-built aircraft, designed and built in Romania prior to World War I. It was the third powered aircraft designed by pioneering Romanian aviator Aurel Vlaicu.
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Giovanni Magnani
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Giovanni Magnani was a Romanian-Italian entrepreneur who lived in Bucharest at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1911, he fabricated a set of propellers for A Vlaicu II airplane, thus becoming the
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…experimentation with aerial radio, the other was supposed to remain in Romania. After Vlaicu's death, one of the two aircraft was completed by his friends Giovanni Magnani and Constantin Silisteanu; and was ready to fly in May 1914. Two test 'hops' covering a ground distance of 200–300 metres (220-330 yards) at a maximum…
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Magnani in the driver seat next to Constantin Silisteanu