1907

THOSE DARING YOUNG MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES

The story of Agusta started in 1907, when Count Giovanni Agusta, a Sicilian aristocrat with a passion for flying machines, founded the Agusta aeronautics company in Palermo.

He soon moved to Northern Italy, in Cascina Costa. At first, Agusta concentrated on servicing planes from other manufacturers.

With the outbreak of WWI, he moved on to produce his own models for the “Regia Aeronautica”, Italy’s royal Air Force.

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