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Aviamilano Costruzione Aeronautiche was an Italian aircraft manufacturer established in
Milan
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in the early 1950s. It was the original manufacturer of Stelio Frati
Stelio Frati (born in Milan Italy in 1919, died 14 May 2010) was an Italian mechanical engineer and aeroplane designer. He graduated from the Politecnico of Milan as a mechanical engineer in 1943, participating in the design of the Aeronautica Lom ...
's Falco light aircraft, although when production did not run as smoothly as Frati liked, he took the design to Aeromere __NOTOC__
Aeromere was an Italian aircraft manufacturing firm established at Trento in 1957 to build Aviamilano Super Falco aircraft for the US market, and the Aeromere M-100 sailplane for Italy's gliding clubs. In 1964
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instead. Aviamilano's staple product was the Scricciolo trainer built for the Aero Club d'Italia
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from 1959 onwards. The firm's final product was another Frati design, the F.250, rights to which were sold to SIAI-Marchetti
SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period.
History
The original company was founded during 1915 as SIAI (''Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia'' - Seaplane Company of Upper Italy). As suggested ...
in 1964. The firm closed in 1968 after the death of its Managing Director and the rights to the few sailplanes then in production were bought by Caproni Vizzola.
Aircraft
See also
*List of companies of Italy
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* {{Aviamilano aircraft Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Italy