Gerardo Pérez Pinedo
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Lieutenant-Colonel the Marquis Gerardo Pérez Pinedo was a famous Italian aviator.
In 1925, he flew a Savoia S.16 (Italy) single-engine, five-seat, biplane flying boat named Gennariello 33,000-mile in six months, from Rome to Australia, to Tokyo, to Rome. He was accompanied by engineer Ernesto Campanelli. During the expedition, he had to replace one wing and one engine. They carried, but did not use, a jib sail and rudder to negotiate unknown harbours in awkward winds.
In 1927, with del Prete, he flew a Savoie-Marchetti S.55 (Italy) seaplane named Santa Maria from Rome to the Cape Verde Islands and on to Buenos Aires and Texas, USA, where their aircraft was destroyed by fire.
He was killed while taking off in a Bellanca on 2 September 1933.
Tnte. Gral. Gerardo Pérez Pinedo Airport in Peru bears his name.
