His claim to fame is that he was the first to construct a monoplane with an enclosed cabin in the United States; he accomplished this in 1922.
Giuseppe Mario Bellanca was a builder and designer of airplanes born in 1886 in Sciacca, Italy. His claim to fame is that he was the first to construct a monoplane with an enclosed cabin in the United States; he accomplished this in 1922. After he graduated with a degree in engineering from the Politecnico di Milan University, he migrated to the U.S. in 1911. 1927 brought two big feats for this immigrant, as he established his Bellanca Aircraft Company and was made the cover of Time Magazine. In 1960, Bellance finally died in New York City.