Enrico Forlanini.

Enrico Forlanini (December 13, 1848 - October 9, 1930) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, well known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigibles. He was born in Milan. His older brother Carlo Forlanini was a famous Italian physician (1847-1918). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more large horizontal rotors (propellers). ... “Flying Machine” redirects here. ... This article is about marine engineering. ... USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship or dirigible is a buoyant lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ... For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ... Carlo Forlanini (1847-1918) was an Italian physician. ...

In 1877 he developed an early helicopter powered by a steam engine. It was the first of its type that rose to a height of 13 meters, where it remained for some 20 seconds, after a vertical take-off from a park in Milan. // The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ...

Later he designed and build a series of dirigibles, notably, in 1909, the Leonardo da Vinci that he dedicated to the famous Renaissance inventor and, in 1912, the Città di Milano, dedicated to his beloved home town. The latter showed exceptionally good characteristics of stability and controllability that won Forlanini international renown. “Da Vinci” redirects here. ... The Renaissance (French for rebirth, or Rinascimento in Italian), was a cultural movement in Italy (and in Europe in general) that began in the late Middle Ages, and spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century. ... Look up stability in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Controllability is an important property of a control system, and the controllability property plays a crucial role in many control problems, such as stabilization of unstable systems by feedback, or optimal control. ...

He is also known for his hydrofoils that he started modelling since 1898. One of those, built at full scale, used a ladder system of foils and a 60 hp engine driving two counter-rotating air props. During testing on Lake Maggiore in 1906, this craft reached a top speed of 42.5 mph. Lake Maggiore (in Italian: Lago Maggiore or lago Verbano) is the most westerly of the three large prealpine lakes of Europe and the second largest after Lake Garda. ...

Forlanini obtained a number of British and American patents on his ideas and designs, most of which were aimed at seaplane applications.

He died at the age of 82 years while still working on the design of a new flying machine with the same passion and ardor of his early years.

Milan has dedicated to him its city airport, also named Linate Airport, as well as the nearby park. Linate Airport (IATA: LIN, ICAO: LIML) is the city airport of Milan, Italy. ...