Alessandro Cagno, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian racing driver
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Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy
About Alessandro Cagno
- Alessandro Umberto Cagno, Umberto Cagno, nicknamed Sandrin (2 May 1883 – 23 December 1971) was an Italian racing driver, aviation pioneer and powerboat racer. Apprenticed at 13 to a Turin engineering factory he was later recruited by Giovanni Agnelli as employee number 3 at F.I.A.T.
- (Fiat), where he progressed to be a test driver, Agnelli's personal driver and works racing team driver.
- In 1906 he won the inaugural Targa Florio in Sicily after switching to the Itala team. Cagno co-founded 'AVIS-Voisin' (Atelier Voisin Italie Septentrionale) to build Voisin aircraft under licence.
- He designed and tested aircraft, founded Italy's first flying school in Pordenone, and was the first person to fly above Venice.
- After volunteering as a pilot for the Italo-Turkish War (1911–1912) in Libya he invented a bomb aiming device.
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| Alternative names | Agence Meurisse | ||
| Description | French | ||
| Work period | between 1909 and 1937 | ||
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