Aermacchi
Also known as Aeronautica Macchi, Macchi
Aermacchi was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Formerly known as Aeronautica Macchi, the company was founded in 1912 by Giulio Macchi at Varese in north-western Lombardy as Nieuport-Macchi, to build Nieuport monoplanes under licence for the Italian military. With a factory located on the shores of Lake Varese, the firm originally manufactured a series of Nieuport designs, as well as seaplanes.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Aermacchi
- Company.logo
- File:Aermacchi_logo.png
- Company.type
- Private Subsidiary
- Company.fate
- Merged
- Company.successor
- Alenia Aermacchi
- Company.foundation
- 1912
- Company.founder
- Giulio Macchi
- Company.defunct
- 2003
- Company.location_city
- Varese
- Company.location_country
- Italy
- Company.industry
- Aerospace
- Company.parent
- Leonardo S.p.A.
- Company.homepage
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16 sectionsContents
- Military trainers
- Military collaboration
- Civil programs
- Aermacchi aircraft
- World War I
- Interwar
- World War II
- Post-World War II
- Motorcycles
- 1950s
- 1960s and beyond
- Motorsports
- List of motorcycle models (incomplete)
- See also
- References
- External links
Aermacchi was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Formerly known as Aeronautica Macchi, the company was founded in 1912 by Giulio Macchi at Varese in north-western Lombardy as Nieuport-Macchi, to build Nieuport monoplanes under licence for the Italian military. With a factory located on the shores of Lake Varese, the firm originally manufactured a series of Nieuport designs, as well as seaplanes.
After World War II, the company began producing motorcycles as a way to fill the post-war need for cheap, efficient transportation.
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