How to Pronounce Giovanni Agusta
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Oct 04, 1879 Parma, Emilia Romagna, Italy Died on 27 Nov 1927 (aged 48)
Italian engineer
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About Giovanni Agusta
- Count Giovanni Agusta (1879 – 1927) came from family of Sicilian origin.
- He formed the Agusta company in 1923 which became part of AgustaWestland.
- He died in 1927.
- His son, Count Domenico Agusta, followed in the family business, AgustaWestland.
- The MV Agusta motorcycle manufacturer began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company at the end of the Second World War as a means to save the jobs of employees of the Agusta firm. In 1907, Agusta designed and built a biplane called the Ag1, and in 1912 he volunteered for the Italian-Turkish War in Libya; in 1913 he was hired by Caproni as an inspector in charge of delivering bombers to the front.
