Pedro Zanni
Pedro Leandro Zanni (12 March 1891, Pehuajó – 29 January 1942, Campo de Mayo) was a pioneering Argentinian pilot of the early 20th century who made the then longest west-to-east flight in a non-amphibious aircraft in his circumnavigation attempt of 1924. Early life Zanni was the son of Italian immigrants Pedro Zanni and Dominga Senini. On 10 October 1906, Zanni entered the Colegio Militar de la Nación (national military college), graduating 2nd Lieutenant on 2 August 1909. In 1913, he was assigned to the 2nd Mounted Artillery Regiment based in Campo de Mayo, Buenos Aires. On 28 March the same year, he received pilot's licence no. 17 issued by the Aero Club Argentino. He soon had an accident when his Castaibert aircraft, Castaibert IV monoplane fell from a height of 40 metres at El Palomar, Buenos Aires. He suffered only minor injuries. Zanni began his conversion to the Nieuport IV and Breguet Aviation, Breguet airplanes and, on 27 November 1913, obtained military aviator ...
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