Enea Bossi, Sr.
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Portrait of Enea Bossi
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| Full name | Enea Bossi |
| Born |
March 29, 1888 Milan, Italy |
| Died | January 9, 1963 (aged 74) Dayton, Ohio |
| Nationality | Italian, American |
| Spouse | Flora Kehrer |
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| Known for |
Budd BB-1 Pioneer Pedaliante |
Enea Bossi, Sr. (29 March 1888 – 9 January 1963) was an Italian-American aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer. He is best known for designing the Budd BB-1 Pioneer, the first stainless steel aircraft; and also the Pedaliante airplane, disputably credited with the first fully human-powered flight.
Enea Bossi was born in Milan, Italy. He emigrated to the United States on the RMS Oceanic from Cherbourg, France, on 20 July 1914, subsequently residing at 264 Riverside Drive in Great Neck, New York. Bossi declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States on 30 July 1914 and petitioned for naturalization on 9 December 1925. He became a naturalized United States citizen on 16 March 1926, though his two sons retained their inherited Italian citizenship, jus sanguines, as well their American citizenship, jus soli. He spoke fluent Italian, French, and English.
Bossi married Flora Kehrer, a Swiss German from Lausanne who had migrated to the United States immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I and was living with her aunt and uncle in Connecticut. The two met through Enea Bossi’s professional relationship with her uncle, and the two eloped against the wishes of Flora's guardians. The couple had two children, Charles Bossi (born 1922 in New York City, d. 1989 in Ohio) and Enea Wilbur Bossi. (born 1924 in Montclair, New Jersey, died 1999). They ultimately resided on Upper Mountain Avenue in Montclair, at its intersection with Watchung Avenue, and maintained a country house on North Wales Road in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. The Montclair house still exists, but the Lansdale residence has since been replaced by subdivided residential homes, located opposite the Montgomery Mall.
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