Filippo Zappata was an Italian

Italy

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 engineer and aircraft designer.

Zappata was born in Ancona

Ancona

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....

. He worked for Gabardini, Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (CANT), Blériot

Blériot Aéronautique

Blériot Aéronautique was a French aircraft manufacturer founded by Louis Blériot. It also made a few cyclecars from 1921 to 1922.After Louis Blériot became famous for being the first to fly over the English Channel in 1909, he established an aircraft manufacturing company. This company really took...

, Breda, and Agusta

Agusta

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, In the 1930s he designed a series of successful multi-engined hydroplanes such as the CANT Z.501

CANT Z.501

The CANT Z.501 Gabbiano was a single engine flying boat that served with the Italian Regia Aeronautica during World War II. It had a crew of four or five and was used mainly for reconnaissance. Initially a successful aircraft, it was obsolete by 1940, but was still used throughout World War II,...

 flying boat

Flying boat

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, CANT Z.506

CANT Z.506

The CANT Z.506 Airone was a triple-engine floatplane produced by CANT from 1935. It served as a transport and postal aircraft with the Italian airline "Ala Littoria"...

 floatplane

Floatplane

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, and CANT Z.1007

CANT Z.1007

The Cant Z.1007 Alcione was a three-engined medium bomber, with wooden structure. Designed by ingegner Filippo Zappata, the "father" of the CANT...

 medium bomber

Bomber

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.

In the 1940s he designed a large four-engined airliner

Airliner

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, the Breda-Zappata BZ.308

Breda-Zappata BZ.308

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. He died at Gallarate

Gallarate

Gallarate is a city and comune of Lombardy, northern Italy, in the Province of Varese. It has a population of some 51,700....

in 1994.