Luigi Pascale, the founder, president, and chief preliminary design officer at Tecnam Aircraft, died at age 93 on Tuesday, after a brief illness. Pascale’s interest in aviation started young, when he entered model airplane races with his brother Giovanni. Pascale founded Partenavia in 1957, and began building aircraft for the general-aviation market. The two brothers then founded Tecnam in 1986. The two companies have delivered more than 7,000 aircraft worldwide.
Source: avwebTecnam Founder, Luigi Pascale, Dies