Count Giovanni Agusta (Parma, 1879 – Parma, 1927) was an italian entrepreneur, aircraft pioneer and inventor of the parachute.

He formed the Agusta company in 1923[1] which became part of AgustaWestland in 2000.

[2] The MV Agusta motorcycle manufacturer began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company at the end of the Second World War as a means to save the jobs of employees of the Agusta firm.

In 1907, Agusta designed and built a biplane called the Ag1, and in 1912 he volunteered for the Italian-Turkish War in Libya; in 1913 he was hired by Caproni as an inspector in charge of delivering bombers to the front.

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