Pandia Ralli
Pandia Antonio Ralli (28 June 1888 - 17 April 1930) was a British aircraft designer in the 1920s for the Fairey Aviation Company, he was responsible for the thin-bladed metal airscrews used by the Supermarine S.5 which won the 1927 Schneider Trophy and the Supermarine S.6 which won the trophy outright in 1929.
Early life[edit]
Ralli was born on the 28 June 1888 the only son of Antonio Pandi Ralli, educated at the Gymnase Scientifique of Lausanne.[1] With a diploma as an electrical engineer and training in advanced mathematics and physics he joined Fairey Aviation in 1916 and apart from a time between 1918 and 1929 worked for the firm until his death.[1]
In 1927 for his work on metal air screws for the Supermarine Schneider Trophy aircraft he was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society silver medal.[1]
As the Chief Technical Engineer he was also responsible for the design of the Fairey Long-range Monoplane which achieved a non-stop flight between England and India in little over 48 hours.[1]
He died on 17 April 1930 aged 41[1] at a Nursing Home in Ealing.