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Ambrosini
SAI
SOCIETA AERONAUTICA ITALIANA
,ING
A.AMBROSINI AND C.
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REGISTER OFFICE : VIA PALESTRO 68. ROMA
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HEAD
OFFICE :VIALE MAINO 23 ,MILANO.
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AIRCRAFT WORKS : PASSIGNATO SUL TRASIMENO
.PERUGIA
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AERODROME :
CASTIGLIONE DEL
LAGO.
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CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING
DIRECTOR : ING.ANGELO AMBROSINI.
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AIRCRAFT
DESIGNER :ING.SERGIO STEFANUTTI
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The Societa Aeronautica Italiana was incorporated into the
Ambrosini
group in 1934 .Since that time a long series of touring and training
aircraft have been designed and built.
The company first post-war type was the S.1001 GRIFO four seat touring
and training monoplane.
This was followed by the two seat primary trainer development of the
GRIFO known as the S.1002 TRASIMENUS.
Both these aircraft will be fully describe later.
The latest and more important product of the company is the S.7 military
trainer witch may be equipped as either as single seat or two seat.
This aircraft which has been ordered in a small series by the ITALIAN
AIR FORCE, is described hereafter. From the S.7has been evolved the slightly and more powerful SUPER
S.7.This aircraft is described hereunder.
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Angelo Ambrosini was
born at Desenzano al Serio BG Italy on May 5, 1891. In 1910 he earns his
license as airplane pilot and during the war in Libya is enrolled as a
motor technician with first group of Italian aviators: he carries out
special jobs at the Supreme Headquarters of Airfoirce. His name is tied to
the invention of the " Ambrosini Silencer " a silencer which
used the pressure from exhaust gasses to lower the noise of motors. this
machine was used to carry out surprise bombing, as well as transporting
intelligence officers in the areas occupied by the enemy. having left
military services in 1924, he buys an aeronautical repair shop near
Passignano sul Trasimeno from which SAI Inc. was Born. the Italian
Aeronautical Company. Among the most glorious moments of his career as
builder the S 2 can be remember, the SAI 7 and Grifo. In 1952 he builds
the Sagittarius, based on a project by Sergio Stefanutti. He died in Milan
on April 15, 1980 |
THE FATHER
Angelo
Ambrosini
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Sergio Stefanutti was
born in Udine on September 27, 1906. He earns his degree in industrial
mechanical engineering at University of Padua in 1929 and in Aeronautical
Engineering in Roma in 1931. In the same year he enters in the Royal Air force
as Officer of the Engineering Corps and assigned to the construction of
Ministry of the Airforces. He designs a monoclinal plane called SS 2 with
Gianni Caproni is also interested in, but the work
at Ministry makes him collaborate with a company which is closer to Rome,
the SAI of Angelo Ambrosini of Passignano sul Trasimeno, with which he
realizes a SAI 7, a tourism plane. After the outbreak of the Second World
War he was assigned to the Chief of Staff, were he designs the
modifications for the Macchi MC 200and a new wing for S. 79. A commission
presided the testing of the Campini Caproni CC2 . From the SAI 7 other
realizations come trough, the SAI 107, SAI 207 and SAI 403. In 1942 he
collaborates in the project for airplanes which were commanded by radio transmitters,
but the experiments does not have the desired success. At the end of
1944 he oversees the transformations of FIAT G. 55 . After the
end of war, having left active service in the Airfoirce, he continues to
collaborate with Angelo Ambrosini, realizing amongst other a motor plane
for training purposes, the S. 7 which had success in the sports environments.
He studied, designed and realized jet planes , amongst which
to be remembered is the Sagittarius 2 , and the twin reactor fighter plane
Ariete. In 1959 he resumed services in the Engineering Corps with the
grade of Colonel and was assigned to the Center of Consultation for
Research and Studies. In those years he designed the Ce. Co2 a four engine
convertiplane |
THE
DESIGNER
Sergio
Stefanutti
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