Rosina Ferrario (1888-1959)
Milan 1912. Rosina Ferrario (b. 28/7/1888) attends Giovanni Caproni's Flying School1 at Vizzola Ticino
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Rosina Ferrario (1888-1959)
Milan 1912. Rosina Ferrario (b. 28/7/1888) attends Giovanni Caproni's Flying School1 at Vizzola Ticino
On January 3, 1913 she gains her pilot's licence #203, the first woman in Italy to do so.
Also at the school with Ferrario was Ester Vietta, of Tortona.
Rosina Ferrario sul campo di Vizzola Ticino, 1912
Rosina Ferrario, Licence No. 1, 1913
Moolman, Valerie, Women Aloft, Time Life, 1981
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Rosina Ferrario, c.1912
1 Giovanni (Gianni) Battista Caproni, Conte De Taliedo (1886-1957)
Pursuing a broad technical education Gianni Caproni (b. Massone D'Arco, July 3 1886 - d. October 1957) graduated in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Munich. Other degrees followed in Electrical Engineering from the Montefiore Institute of Leige, and in Aeronautical Engineering from his studies in Paris.
After returning to his native It