Though born in Italy, Bossi, Sr. came to the United States when he married a Swiss-German immigrant who had gone to the U.S. before World War I erupted.
An Italian-American aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer, Enea Bossi, Sr. was born in March of 1888 in Milan. He is still best remembered as the designer of Budd BB-1 Pioneer, which was the world’s first stainless steel craft, and the Pedaliante, a human-powered aircraft. Though born in Italy, Bossi, Sr. came to the United States when he married a Swiss-German immigrant who had gone to the U.S. before World War I erupted. The aviation pioneer was also involved with helicopter technology, and his two sons helped him, to a limited degree, in furthering that technology.