Giuseppe Motta | |
Birth Date: | October 10, 1894 |
Birth Place: | Quargnento, Alessandria, Italy |
Death Date: | August 22, 1929 (aged 34) |
Death Place: | Lake Garda, Italy |
Giuseppe Motta (died 1929) was an Italian World War I fighter pilot and seaplane air racer of the 1920s.[1]
After World War I, Motta tested racing seaplanes for the Schneider Trophy race. He was killed during a test flight of the Macchi M.67 after having reached 583km/h. This world record held until George Stainforth broke the barrier, on 29 September 1931.