Giacomo D’Angelis, an Italian-born hotelier, built his own aircraft in Madras. He tested his biplane at Pallavaram, which was a new technology then. D’Angelis later demonstrated his flying machine at Island Grounds for the public. Tamil writer Subramania Bharati also wrote about this Madras-built aircraft. This experiment marked an early chapter in Madras’s aviation history.
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