1907: Count Gianni Caproni sets
up his first of many companies.
1909: Caproni e Faccanoni builds the
first Italian aircraft.
1929: Caproni's Ca.90 with six 1,000 hp
engines is the world's largest/heaviest plane.
1930s: Caproni acquires the
Isotta-Fraschini aircraft engine company.
1945: Several factories remain open.
1983: The last Caproni company (Caproni
Vizzola) is purchased by Agusta and the Caproni name
disappears.
