STORIA DELLA COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE GIOVANNI AGUSTA. IMPRESA, TECNOLOGIE E ORGANIZZAZIONE 1908-1975

A company history of the italian helicopter's manufacturer site in Cascina Costa of Samarate - Varese. The study covers a period that runs from the first prototype built by Giovanni Agusta until the middle of 70's when many different changes involved the technology, owner's asset and the structure of the company. All the aspects connected with the acquired licences from North American manufacturers are in details analyzed and the governance of the company too. In the background has been also analyzed the evolution of rotorcraft machines in Italy with a brief history of their technology. The study takes care also of the local factors that involved the conducts of the company.