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Giovanni Magnani | |
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| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | Giani Magnani |
| Known for | propeller manufacturer |
Giovanni Magnani (fl. 1913) 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 first propeller manufacturer in Southeast Europe.
Before meeting Vlaicu, Magnani built around 1910 in Bucharest an ornithopter that never flew. [1]
After Vlaicu's death, one of the two A Vlaicu III airplanes on order from for Marconi Company was completed by Magnani and Constantin Silisteanu, and was tested in 1914 by pilot Petre Macavei on Cotroceni airfield.
