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Antonio Ferri
Antonio Ferri
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at the University of Rome was quite appropriate for a student of his interests. But, when Great Britain became the first country to win the cup a fourth time in 1929 and Italy's new airplane for the last race in 1931 could not participate because of engine troubles, the Italian Air Ministry decided to build a new research center in Guidonia near Rome.
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About that time the universities realized that they needed fresh blood in their aeronautics departments and new wind tunnels I'or the laboratories, and in 1951 Ferri joined the faculty ol' the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn as Professor for Aerodynamics. He became in 1954 the Director of their Aerospace Institute, and in 1957 he became Head of' their Department ol' Aerospace Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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Besides that, he was also a consultant for the Air Force and other government agencies. The second half of Dr.
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In 197Q he received the Department of the Air Force Office of Aerospace Research Award for outstanding contributions to research. In 1975 he received the Sylvanus Albert Reed Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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