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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Giacomo D'Angelis ''' was a [[Corsican people|Corsican]]-[[Indian people|Indian]] hotelier and [[aviation]] pioneer who piloted the first powered airplane flight in Asia in [[Chennai|Madras (Chennai)]], India on 10 March 1910.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/india-s-first-aircraft |title=India’s First Aircraft |date=20 November 2010 |work=[[The Navhind Times]]|author=Shekher Phadnis |accessdate=29 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126143821/http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/india-s-first-aircraft |archivedate=26 November 2010 }}</ref> <br />
[[File:Giacomo D'Angelis 1572x2565 pixeles (2).jpg|thumb|upright|Giacomo D'Angelis]]<br />
[[File:GIACOMO D'ANGELIS, BIPLANE, MADRAS 1910..jpg|thumb|upright|Giacomo D'Angelis's Biplane in 1910]]<br />
The flight reportedly occurred nine months prior to another published account of a flight in [[Allahabad]]. D'Angelis performed the flight in a self-built aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/madras-miscellany/article588012.ece|title=Madras Miscellany|date=22 August 2010|publisher=The Hindu|author=S. Muthiah |accessdate=29 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Life ==<br />
Giacomo D’Angelis, a confectioner from [[Messina]], [[Italy]], arrived in Madras in 1880 and opened his "Maison Francaise" as [[chef de cuisine]], and his excellent service soon enabled him to open a small hotel in 1906, the latter Heritage [[Hotel d'Angelis]] at [[Anna Salai]], the former ''Mountain Road', in Chennai.<ref>Viola, Antonella Viola (2013) [http://cm.revues.org/1308 Migration across three continents : the d’Angelis family, Conserveries mémorielles]</ref><br />
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== D'Angelis 's biplane ==<br />
The [[biplane]] has been built by D'Angelis entirely from his own designs, experimenting with a small horse-power engine. D'Angelis seems to have been inspired by [[Louis Blériot]] who was the first to fly across the English Channel in July 1909. D'Angelis tested his aeroplane in [[Pallavaram]], [[Tamil Nadu]], and then arranged a public viewing in March 1910 reported by the local newspapers.<ref name="Hindu_MagnificentMenInMadras">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/12/01/stories/2003120100050300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040103133744/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/12/01/stories/2003120100050300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2004|title=The magnificent men in Madras|date=1 December 2003|author=S. Muthiah|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Hindu_CentenaryMadrasAirplane">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-centenary-of-a-madras-airplane/article588679.ece|title=The centenary of a Madras airplane|date=23 August 2010|publisher=The Hindu|author=|accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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A'Dangeli's made its flight on March 26, 1910: "''We are posting you what we believe is the first aeroplane in India, which has been constructed by one of our customers, Mr. G. D'Angelis of Madras. The machine has been built by our friend entirely from his own design, and we understand that although upto the present he has been experimenting with a small horse-power engine, the results given by this are so satisfactory that with a higher horse-power he anticipates being able to make long and consecutive flights''." The aircraft's engine may have been supplied by E. and A Levetus, and Co. ''[[India Weekly]]'' mentioned that the motor of the biplane had been built by Samuel John Green, an engineer of the Simpson's company.<ref name="Hindu_MagnificentMenInMadras"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [http://archivosdangelis.blogspot.com/ archivosdangelis.blogspot.com]<br />
* [http://kbhargava.com/ kbhargava.com: Aviation in India]<br />
* [[YouTube]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3GrUMZH4iM Giacomo D'Angelis Flight in Madras 1910]<br />
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