The simple and ordinary looking man Stelio Frati is certainly
a man of appreciation who can make people think of the immense energy
storehouse one can posses and above all directs it to a positive
output. The fortunate ones who worked with Frati hardly remember
him going for a vacation. The genius always worked with slide rule.
The bachelor devoted most of his time in his workshop with Renato
Cairo his head of production designing and creating new
flying machines so much a passion that he build his swimming pool
in his house like a Falco. The simplicity and the passion of his
works can be figured in the Annual Experimental Aircraft
Association – Oshkosh in 1955, when he dragged the
first Falco atop a horse wagon to Linate airport for the air show.
The model was build with poplar in a city workshop. The fame and
love for him by the people can be best described by Jim
de Angelo at Appleton airport who uses the label “Broken
By Frati” for his plane when the wing tip light Plexiglas
cover was broken by Mr.Frati out of excitement on seeing his creation
he designed thirty years before.
Only for efforts of men like Stelio Frati human being can dream
about future for they can dare anything and everything to pursue
the dreams they have dreamt for the gross prosperity of the humanity.
Salute Stelio Frati.
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