Francesco Agello (27 December 1902 - 26 November 1942) was an Italian test pilot. December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Test pilots are aviators who fly new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated. ...

Biography

Born at Casalpusterlengo, Lombardy, Agello graduated from pilot school in 1924 and soon became a test pilot. He was the forth of four test pilots who tried to set a speed record with the Macchi M.C.72. However, one after the other, the test pilots ahead of Agello died (first Monti and then Bellini flying the M.C. 72, Neri died flying a CR-20 in 1933). Agello became famous when he succeeded in piloting the plane to a new speed record (over water) on April 10, 1933. He attained an average speed of 683 km/h (424 mph). More than a year later he flew the M.C. 72 to a new speed record of more than 700 km/h (709 km/h or 440 mph) on 23 October 1934. No one has ever flown a piston-engine seaplane faster since that date. Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia, Lombard: Lumbardìa) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... Macchi M.C.72. ...

He was awarded the De la Vaulx Medal twice for his speed records, once in 1933 and again in 1934.

In 1935 he joined the Italian government's airplane test center. He died during World War II in an aircraft crash while testing a new Italian fighter plane at Bresso, near Milan. He was almost 40 years old. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Province of Milan (MI) Mayor Elevation m Area 3. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ...

Sources

• De la Vaulx Medal