August Thomas Bellanca died on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Annapolis, MD. He was born in Passaic, NJ to aviation pioneer Giuseppe Mario Bellanca and his wife Dorothy Brown Bellanca.
A Dept. of Navy Aerospace engineer, independent airplane designer, and inventor, he is remembered most for being one the of the first to create an all composite high performance aircraft, and the patented construction method that simplified the building process. His plane the "Skyrocket II", broke five FAI world speed records for a single engine plane, which still hold today. In a career spanning 65 years, he was still working as an Aeronautical Engineer with the U. S. Navy's Conceptual Design Department, in Patuxent, MD. He attended Tower Hill, and the Friends School in Wilmington, DE, the University of Delaware, and received his Bachelors of Aeronautical Engineering from NYU in 1950. Beginning as a teenager in his father's aircraft factory in New Castle, Delaware, he went on to work at Douglas, Grumman, and other large aircraft corporations, before starting his own aviation company. He was a member of the Quiet Bird Men (QBs), Sons of Italy, and the Knights of Columbus, and was a pilot, and sailboat racer. August is survived by his wife Elettra Benedetti, his three children Giuseppe II "G.M", Giselle Reuvni, August Jr., and his two grandsons, Augie and Aurie.
A service will be held on March 26, 2010, at 10:30 am at St. John Newman's church, 620 N. Bestgate Rd. Annapolis, MD 21401.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society.
A Dept. of Navy Aerospace engineer, independent airplane designer, and inventor, he is remembered most for being one the of the first to create an all composite high performance aircraft, and the patented construction method that simplified the building process. His plane the "Skyrocket II", broke five FAI world speed records for a single engine plane, which still hold today. In a career spanning 65 years, he was still working as an Aeronautical Engineer with the U. S. Navy's Conceptual Design Department, in Patuxent, MD. He attended Tower Hill, and the Friends School in Wilmington, DE, the University of Delaware, and received his Bachelors of Aeronautical Engineering from NYU in 1950. Beginning as a teenager in his father's aircraft factory in New Castle, Delaware, he went on to work at Douglas, Grumman, and other large aircraft corporations, before starting his own aviation company. He was a member of the Quiet Bird Men (QBs), Sons of Italy, and the Knights of Columbus, and was a pilot, and sailboat racer. August is survived by his wife Elettra Benedetti, his three children Giuseppe II "G.M", Giselle Reuvni, August Jr., and his two grandsons, Augie and Aurie.
A service will be held on March 26, 2010, at 10:30 am at St. John Newman's church, 620 N. Bestgate Rd. Annapolis, MD 21401.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society.
August Thomas Bellanca died on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Annapolis, MD. He was born in Passaic, NJ to aviation pioneer Giuseppe Mario Bellanca and his wife Dorothy Brown Bellanca.
A Dept. of Navy Aerospace engineer, independent airplane designer, and inventor, he is remembered most for being one the of the first to create an all composite high performance aircraft, and the patented construction method that simplified the building process. His plane the "Skyrocket II", broke five FAI world speed records for a single engine plane, which still hold today. In a career spanning 65 years, he was still working as an Aeronautical Engineer with the U. S. Navy's Conceptual Design Department, in Patuxent, MD. He attended Tower Hill, and the Friends School in Wilmington, DE, the University of Delaware, and received his Bachelors of Aeronautical Engineering from NYU in 1950. Beginning as a teenager in his father's aircraft factory in New Castle, Delaware, he went on to work at Douglas, Grumman, and other large aircraft corporations, before starting his own aviation company. He was a member of the Quiet Bird Men (QBs), Sons of Italy, and the Knights of Columbus, and was a pilot, and sailboat racer. August is survived by his wife Elettra Benedetti, his three children Giuseppe II "G.M", Giselle Reuvni, August Jr., and his two grandsons, Augie and Aurie.
A service will be held on March 26, 2010, at 10:30 am at St. John Newman's church, 620 N. Bestgate Rd. Annapolis, MD 21401.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society.
A Dept. of Navy Aerospace engineer, independent airplane designer, and inventor, he is remembered most for being one the of the first to create an all composite high performance aircraft, and the patented construction method that simplified the building process. His plane the "Skyrocket II", broke five FAI world speed records for a single engine plane, which still hold today. In a career spanning 65 years, he was still working as an Aeronautical Engineer with the U. S. Navy's Conceptual Design Department, in Patuxent, MD. He attended Tower Hill, and the Friends School in Wilmington, DE, the University of Delaware, and received his Bachelors of Aeronautical Engineering from NYU in 1950. Beginning as a teenager in his father's aircraft factory in New Castle, Delaware, he went on to work at Douglas, Grumman, and other large aircraft corporations, before starting his own aviation company. He was a member of the Quiet Bird Men (QBs), Sons of Italy, and the Knights of Columbus, and was a pilot, and sailboat racer. August is survived by his wife Elettra Benedetti, his three children Giuseppe II "G.M", Giselle Reuvni, August Jr., and his two grandsons, Augie and Aurie.
A service will be held on March 26, 2010, at 10:30 am at St. John Newman's church, 620 N. Bestgate Rd. Annapolis, MD 21401.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society.
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