Aer Lualdi

Aer Lualdi & C SpA was an Italian helicopter manufacturer.

The company produced several prototypes Aer Lualdi was founded in Rome in 1953 by Carlo Lualdi, who had purchased a license to produce a Hiller-designed rotor system (the Hiller "Rotor-Matic") and thereby became the Italian agent for Hiller Helicopters.

With his new company Lualdi now built a succession of more powerful helicopters incorporating the Rotor-Matic system with a gyro stabilizer of his own design.

The first helicopter following the ES 53 was the L.55, an all-metal prototype which was followed by the L.57 and culminated in the four-seat L.59 which was selected for production by Macchi.

One full prototype was built, and the commercial type certificate issued in August 1961.