Enrico Forlanini
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Enrico Forlanini was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aeroplanes, hydrofoils and dirigibles. He made history in 1877 by successfully designin
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Experimental helicopter by Enrico Forlanini (1877), exposed at the Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci of Milan
Forlanini's F6 airship
Forlanini hydrofoil on Lake Maggiore circa 1911
HD-4
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HD-4 or Hydrodome number 4 was an early research hydrofoil watercraft developed by the scientist Alexander Graham Bell. It was designed and built at the Bell Boatyard on Bell's Beinn Bhreagh estate ne
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…boatyard at Beinn Bhreagh near Baddeck, Nova Scotia, they designed a series of experimental prototypes. These efforts ultimately culminated in the famous HD-4 hydrofoil. Forlanini obtained a number of British and American patents on his ideas and designs, most of which were aimed at seaplane applications…
HD-4 at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, in 1919
HD-4 hydrofoil at the Alexander Graham Bell museum