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30-567: Guidoni is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alessandro Guidoni Dorival Guidoni Junior (born 1972), Brazilian retired footballer Jean Guidoni (born 1952) French singer Stefano Guidoni (born 1971) Italian footballer Umberto Guidoni (born 1954), Italian astrophysicist, science writer and a former ESA astronaut, See also [ edit ] 10605 Guidoni , asteroid Guideschi Valter Giuliani [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

60-409: A crew of 14. To satisfy skeptics, on its 70th test flight on 21 October there were 169 on board of which 150 were passengers (mostly production workers and their families, and a few journalists ), ten were aircrew and nine were stowaways . The flight set a new world record for the number of people carried on a single flight, a record that would stand for 20 years. After a takeoff run of 50 seconds

90-588: A hot exhaust pipe and started a fire that consumed most of the left wing. After sitting in Lisbon harbour for six weeks while new parts were fabricated and the damage repaired, the flying boat continued with several further mishaps and delays along the Western coast of Africa and by 5 June 1931 had reached the islands of Cape Verde , from which it crossed the ocean to Natal in Brazil. The flight continued north via San Juan to

120-605: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alessandro Guidoni Guidoni was born in Turin , Italy , on 15 July 1880. He obtained his degree in engineering at the Turin Polytechnic in 1903 and in 1905, while serving in the Navy Engineering Corps, took his second degree in naval engineering. In 1909 he developed a keen interest in the newborn Corpo Aeronautico Militare ("Military Aviation Corps") of

150-499: The Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) celebrated Guidoni ' s passion for flight 26 April 2006 with these words: “A perfect fusion of military engineer and scientist, General Guidoni ( ITAF ) represents more than anyone else in our country the passion of man to conquer space, reach other planets, and investigate stars.” Gold Medal for Aeronautic Valor Dornier Do X The Dornier Do X

180-518: The Regio Esercito (Italian Royal Army), joining many aviation pioneers. Guidoni served in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 as a pilot trainee, soon achieving a full certification and flying "hydroplanes" ( seaplanes ). He then started studying weaponry and developed a new gyroscope -guided bomb to be delivered by planes against distant targets. In 1912, as a captain , he experimented with

210-731: The Azores to Müggelsee , Berlin, where it arrived on 24 May and was met by a cheering crowd of 200,000. The Do X2 entered service in August 1931, and the X3 followed in May 1932. Both were initially based at the seaplane station at La Spezia , on the Ligurian Sea , and reassigned to various other bases during their service. Both orders originated with SANA , then the Italian state airline, but were requisitioned and used by

240-590: The Regia Aeronautica , he became a member of the new service, and achieved the rank of general. On the morning of 27 April 1928, being dissatisfied with its design, Guidoni tested personally a new model of parachute at the Regia Aeronautica airfield at Montecelio , Italy, and was fatally injured when it failed. Guidoni posthumously received the Medaglia d’Oro al Valore aeronautico ("Gold Medal for Aeronautic Valor"). The third Dornier Do X flying boat built,

270-588: The X3, registered as I-ABBN , was named Alessandro Guidoni in Guidoni ' s honor, and entered service in May, 1932. A private airline, Società Anonima di Navigazione Aerea (SANA) flew it initially; the Regia Aeronautica later operated it. In the 1930s a town was built around the airfield at Montecelio to house military personnel. Benito Mussolini , the Italian Duce , laid the town ' s founding stone on 27 April 1935,

300-443: The surname Guidoni . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guidoni&oldid=898921548 " Categories : Surnames Italian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

330-497: The Azores and Bermuda, but it never came to pass. Germany's original Do X was turned over to Deutsche Luft Hansa , the German national airline, after the financially strapped Dornier company could no longer operate it. After a successful 1932 tour of German coastal cities, Luft Hansa planned a Do X flight to Vienna , Budapest , and Istanbul for 1933. The voyage ended after nine days when

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360-526: The DO X back to the Bodensee (Lake Constance). The Passau fiasco started the DO X's trip to the museum.") The Do X then became the centerpiece of Germany's new aviation museum Deutsche Luftfahrt-Sammlung at Lehrter Bahnhof . The Do X remained an exhibit until being destroyed during World War II in a Royal Air Force air raid on the night of 23–24 November 1943. Fragments of the torn-off tail section are displayed at

390-515: The Do X designated the Dornier Do 20 , in which the pylon-mounted engines were to be replaced by four pairs of 750 kW (1,000 hp) diesel engines in nacelles fared into the wing's leading edge and driving four propellers, was promoted in 1936, but never advanced beyond a design study. The Flugschiff ("flying ship"), as it was called, was launched for its first test flight on 12 July 1929, with

420-404: The Do X slowly climbed to an altitude of 200 m (660 ft). Passengers were asked to crowd together on one side or the other to help make turns. It flew for 40 minutes Flug Revue claims it was the 42nd flight and lasted 53 minutes, and a historical film shows " fliegt mit 170 personen " ) at a maximum speed of 170 km/h (110 mph) before landing on Lake Constance . To introduce

450-406: The Do X to an altitude of 425 m (1,394 ft). The engines were managed by a flight engineer, who controlled the 12 throttles and monitored the 12 sets of gauges. The pilot would relay a request to the engineer to adjust the power setting, in a manner similar to the system used on maritime vessels, using an engine order telegraph . Many aspects of the aircraft echoed nautical arrangements of

480-759: The Dornier Museum in Friedrichshafen. While never a commercial success, the Dornier Do X was the largest heavier-than-air aircraft of its time, and demonstrated the potential for an international passenger air service. In an accident identical to that of Lufthansa's Do X1a, the Italian Do X2 lost its tail section in a botched landing only one month later. After scaling back flights and crew complements during 1934, they were mothballed at Marina di Pisa in 1935, and broken up for scrap in 1937. Data from Jane's all

510-534: The Italian Air Force primarily for prestige flights and public spectacles. After plans for a first-class passenger service (Genoa–Gibraltar) were deemed unfeasible, the X2 and X3 were used for officer training cruises, aeronaval manoeuvres, and publicity flights. In April 1936, a plan was floated for a trans-Atlantic service between Berlin and New York via Lisbon and Charleston, South Carolina , with intermediate stops in

540-463: The Swiss side of Lake Constance . The type was popular with the public, but a lack of commercial interest and a number of non-fatal accidents prevented more than three examples from being built. The Do X was a semi-cantilever monoplane. The Do X had an all- duralumin hull, with wings composed of a steel -reinforced duralumin framework covered in heavy linen fabric, covered with aluminium paint. It

570-493: The United States, reaching New York on 27 August 1931, almost ten months after departing Friedrichshafen. The Do X and crew spent the next nine months there as its engines were overhauled, and thousands of sightseers made the trip to Glenn Curtiss Airport (now LaGuardia) for sightseeing tours. The Great Depression dashed Dornier's marketing plans for the Do X, and it departed from New York on 21 May 1932 via Newfoundland and

600-445: The X2, named Umberto Maddalena ( registered I-REDI), and X3, named Alessandro Guidoni (registered I-ABBN). The Italian variants were slightly larger and used a different powerplant and engine mounts. Dornier claimed the X2 was the largest aircraft in the world at that time. Each was powered by Fiat A-22R V12 water-cooled engines, with the six engine mounts being covered by a streamlined fairing . A proposed improved version of

630-661: The air-launching of torpedoes by dropping weights from a Farman biplane . He also drew the plans of the seaplane carrier Europa , which entered service with the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) in 1915. In 1920, Guidoni joined the Italian Embassy in London as military attaché with the rank of colonel . When the Corpo Aeronautico Militare separated from the army in 1923 to become an independent service,

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660-511: The airliner to the potential United States market the Do X took off from Friedrichshafen , Germany, on 3 November 1930, under the command of Friedrich Christiansen for a transatlantic test flight to New York. The route took the Do X to the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Portugal. The journey was interrupted at Lisbon on 29 November, when a tarpaulin made contact with

690-556: The flying boat's tail section tore off during a botched, overly-steep landing on a reservoir lake near Passau . While the accident was successfully covered up, the Do X was out of service for three years, during which time it changed hands several times before reappearing in 1936 in Berlin, Hormann writes "Am 5.September 1933 flog Chefeinflieger Wagner die DO-X zum Bodensee zurück. Mit dem Fiasko von Passau begann für DO-X der Weg ins Museum." ("On 5 September 1933 chief test pilot Wagner flew

720-477: The seventh anniversary of Guidoni ' s death. In 1937, Montecelio and the surrounding comune were renamed Guidonia Montecelio in Guidoni ' s honor. Only a military airfield exists at Guidonia Montecelio today, but a memorial to Guidonia stands on the exact spot where he died in front of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. Guidoni's passion for flight was celebrated publicly by General Ermanno Aloia of

750-401: The standards of transatlantic liners. There were three decks. On the main deck was a smoking room with its own wet bar , a dining salon, and seating for the 66 passengers which could also be converted to sleeping berths for night flights. Aft of the passenger spaces was an all-electric galley , lavatories , and cargo hold. The cockpit, navigational office, engine control and radio rooms were on

780-576: The time, including the flight deck , which bore a strong resemblance to the bridge of a vessel. After completing 103 flights in 1930, the Do X was refitted with 455 kW (610 hp) Curtiss V-1570 "Conqueror" water-cooled V-12 engines. Only then was it able to reach the altitude of 500 m (1,600 ft) necessary to cross the Atlantic. Dornier designed the flying boat to carry 66 passengers on long-distance flights or 100 passengers on short flights. The luxurious passenger accommodation approached

810-486: The upper deck. The lower deck held fuel tanks and nine watertight compartments , only seven of which were needed to provide full flotation. Similar to the later Boeing 314 , the Do X lacked conventional wing floats, using sponsons (fuselage-mounted stub wings) to stabilize the craft on the water and also act as embarkation platforms for passengers. Three Do Xs were constructed in total. The original operated by Dornier, and two other machines based on orders from Italy, namely

840-411: Was initially powered by twelve 391 kW (524 hp) Siemens -built Bristol Jupiter radial engines in tandem push-pull configuration mountings, with six tractor propellers and six pushers mounted on six strut-mounted nacelles above the wing. The nacelles were joined by an auxiliary wing to stabilise the mountings. The air-cooled Jupiter engines were prone to overheating and could barely lift

870-515: Was physically larger, but at 53 tonnes maximum takeoff weight it was not as heavy as the Do X's 56 tonnes. The Do X was financed by the German Transport Ministry and in order to circumvent conditions of the Treaty of Versailles , which forbade any aircraft exceeding set speed and range limits to be built by Germany after World War I , a specially designed plant was built at Altenrhein , on

900-578: Was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929. First conceived by Claude Dornier in 1924, planning started in late 1925 and after over 240,000 work-hours it was completed in June 1929. During the years between the two World Wars, only the Soviet Tupolev ANT-20 Maksim Gorki landplane of a few years later

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