| LC control no. | no2010127685 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Caproni (Firm) |
| Variant(s) | Società de Agostini e Caproni Società Caproni e Comitti Società italiana Caproni Società aeroplani Caproni Officina Caproni Società F.lli Caproni |
| Associated country | Italy |
| Field of activity | Aircraft industry |
| Found in | La fabbrica, il lavoro e la memoria, 2008: p. 5 (Caproni; Società aeroplani Caproni) p. 10 (Officina Caproni) Gianni Caproni e l'aeronautica militare italiana, 2014: p. 28 (Società F.lli Caproni) Wikipedia, viewed Mar. 14, 2017: (Caproni was an Italian aircraft manufacturer founded in 1908 by Giovanni Battista "Gianni" Caproni. It was initially named, from 1911, Società de Agostini e Caproni, then Società Caproni e Comitti [no publs. for either in LC database]. Caproni made the first aircraft of Italian construction in 1911. The manufacturing facilities were based in Taliedo, a peripheral district of Milan, close to Linate Airport, and for the Caproni Vizzola division, in Vizzola Ticino, close to Milan-Malpensa Airport; The Società Italiana Caproni ceased to exist in 1950, although one of its divisions, Caproni Vizzola endured until 1983 when it was bought by Agusta) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 2017014328 |
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