page_title: Antonio Lippi
section_title: High speed aviator
hierarchical_section_title: Antonio Lippi / High speed aviator
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Spilla dei velocisti della regia aeronautica
context_page_description: Antonio Lippi was an Italian aviator. He participated to the Transatlantic flight organized by Italo Balbo and awarded with the Gold Medal of Aeronautic Valor to aeronautic valor of Regia Aeronautica.
  He was born in Torremaggiore, a small town in the south of Italy, on October 9, 1900 to a wealthy landowning family.
  He had a passion for flying since he was a child. As a young adult he decided to not follow his families wishes and rather his own passion. He started his career by enrolling in the military for officials of Regia Marina.
  He attained his pilot's license in Scuola di Pilotaggio di 2° Periodo in Foggia Sud airport
  After his degree of captain of lingo corso, he was nominated guardiamarina in 1921; after three years he took place in Regia Aeronautica and lately in 184th Squadriglia Idrovolanti where in 1925 attained the seaplanes pilot's license for Savoia-Marchetti S.59 and S.59bis airplanes.
  He was selected and inserted into the group of aviator that took the 1928 Crociera del Mediterraneo Occidentale with a Savoia-Marchetti S.59bis.
context_section_description: From 1930 to 1932 he took service at Reparto Alta Velocità ( high speed unit) of Desenzano del Garda. He was admitted to the II Course for high speed seaplanes piloting the Macchi-Castoldi MC-72.
  
  As part of Velocisti (High speed runners) he was allowed to wear a special emblem with a red V in the middle of an eagle on his uniform.
caption: Velocisti [it] uniform emblem
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