The Airplanes and Gliders of Adriano Mantelli
The Airplanes and Gliders of Adriano Mantelli by Giuseppe Blini In the international and Italian aviation panorama few are the people who sum up in themselves the gifts of an ace fighter pilot, test pilot, record-setting man and designer and builder of aircraft. Several articles have already been written about him. One appeared on the pages of this magazine about thirty years ago. After so long, we thought it would be interesting to bring to the attention of today’s readers Adriano Mantelli’s activity as a designer and builder of aircraft, in parallel with his brilliant military and sport aviation career. It is not really important if none, or almost none, of Mantelli’s creations enjoyed much commercial success; they were all very interesting from a technical point of view, and the fruits of a wide-ranging activity that only a very competent, passionate and determined per...