Ugolino Vivaldi-Pasqua,

- Ugolino Vivaldi-Pasqua,

RESOURCES

L'ILLUSTRAZIONE ITALIANA
LA VICENDA, GLI EROI E LE VITTIME DELLE BATTAGLIE AEREE.
(THE VICENDA THE VICTIMS AND HEROES OF AIR BATTLES) This issue of L'Illustrazione Italiana, n.35 - 28.8.1910 , from the collection of Maurizio Lanza, is the source of a comprehensive article about Lt. Vivaldi-Pasqua and includes a photo and drawing which are reproduced in his webpages. At this time I don't have an adequate image of the page so that the text can be reproduced for the visitor. If time permits, hopefully it can be added at some time in the future. I suspect that it will prove to be the definitive source of information on his life and career.

ONLINE RESOURCES If you search for "Vivaldi-Pasqua" +aviation, using the Google search engine, (1-6-08), you will find about 5 links, including two back to this website. The one cited below may prove to be a source of additional information.

LE PETIT JOURNAL numéro 234 paru le 22/08/1910 This website, journaux-anciens.chapitre.com, offers what appears to be the copy of a French newspaper which contains an article entitled, "LA MORT DU LIEUTENANT VIVALDI PASQUA" The website is in French, but a machine-translation is available at:
Le Petit Journal

RECOMMENDED READING

PIONIERI DELL'AVIAZIONE ITALIANA
ITALIAN PIONEERS OF AVIATION Mario Cobianchi wrote this very interesting book in the year 1943 and he died in the 1944. The book isn't for sale and in Italy there are only 11 copies in the libraries. It is the source of the information on other Italian pioneers which I have sent to you including Giuseppe Cei, Ugolino Vivaldi-Pasqua, Mario Calderara and Adorno Enrico Cammarota
Photo & text courtesy of Giovanni Giorgetti, 10-10-04

CONTACT
The Story of the Early Birds
Man's first decade of flight from Kitty Hawk to World War I
Henry Serrano Villard
Foreward by S. PAUL JOHNSTON
Director, National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
In today's age of space probes and moon rockets, it is hard to believe that the aeroplane is scarcely sixty years old. Here Henry Serrano Villard, who knew many of the pioneer pilots and flew in their "bits of stick and string,"re-creates the romantic era when man first dared the miracle of flight. His anecdotal account, illustrated with 125 photographs--many from his personal album--covers the decade and a half of aeronautical history from the Wright brothers' exploits at Kitty Hawk to the outbreak of World War I.

Editor's Note:I had the pleasure of knowing Henry for several years before his death. I found him to be a delightful companion and a remarkable source of information on the entire field of aviation. I can recommend his book, without hesitation, as an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of early aviation..

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