It isn’t extensively remembered in the present day, however Italy was an necessary participant within the improvement of long-distance air journey within the Twenties. In that period, seaplanes have been most well-liked for transoceanic flight as a result of if the plane could not fly, it may nonetheless float. That concept reassured nervous passengers.
Within the mid Twenties, Societá Italiana Servizi Aerei (SISA, or Italian Air Companies Firm) established a route from Torino to Trieste. Pavia was an intermediate cease on that route, with seaplanes touchdown within the Ticino River. A hangar constructing, elevated above the flood degree, and a ramp for winching the seaplanes inside opened on April 1, 1926.
Benito Mussolini, the Fascist dictator, himself was there to satisfy the primary flight — with 4 passengers and several other baggage of mail — on the Torino to Trieste route.
After seaplane service ended, the Idroscalo turned a storage and repair constructing for tugboats and dredges till it was deserted in 1981.
