And to think that it was to be only an interlude of imagination in comparison to the work undertaken on the helicopter project. Not even Corradino D’Ascanio, father of the Vespa, would ever have imagined the success of his creation, which began on April 23, 1946 in the factories of Pontedera on behalf of the Piaggio company. This was the only company that had believed in the engineer from Abruzzi and they allowed him to grow, alongside his dreams to fly, in an even more stable economic project.
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