Cesare Pallavicino was an Italian aeronautical engineer, heading the design department at Caproni from 1935 to 1941. He designed several important Italian aircraft, including the Breda Ba.15, Breda Ba.18, Breda Ba.19, Breda Ba.27, Breda Ba.35 and Breda Ba.39; and Caproni Ca.135, Caproni Ca.309, Caproni Ca.311, Caproni Ca.312, Caproni Ca.313, Caproni Ca.314 and Caproni Ca.315. He also designed the Caproni Ca.355, SABCA S 47, Caproni Ca.335, Caproni Ca.350 and Caproni Ca.380 aircraft of World War II.

The Caproni Ca.309 Ghibli was an Italian aircraft used in Libya and North Africa from 1937 to 1943. Its nickname, 'Ghibli', refers to a Libyan desert wind.