05 Happened November 1911: First Flight to Seaplane in Italy

05/11/14

captain GN Alessandro Guidoni, pilot, takes a Farman land-based biplane with an 70 hp engine that he transformed into a seaplane "after unsuccessful trials and a few laps" (as he says himself) by applying two cylindrical floats fitted with hydrodynamic wings .

It is the first flight in Italy of a seaplane.

Source: Military Navy