31 OCTOBER 1909: First air raid without airship stopover

(To Marina Militare)
31/10/15

Sunday - Lieutenant Guido Scelsi, after having tested it in flight over the Tuscan archipelago, pilot the airship N.1 bis in the first Italian raid without a stop on the Vigna di Valle-Naples route and return of 470 km remaining in flight 14 hours, event that will make the era.

The airship N.1 bis of the cubature of 3450 m3, to which the same Scelsi took part, is the progenitor of the airships of the Royal Navy.