
Enrico Luzzatto was a Milan lawyer who owned a typographic industry. After building a couple of planes he formed the “Società Italiana degli Aeroplani” (S.I.A.). In 1913 he designed and built a two-seater, called “Roma”. On May 27, 1913, piloted by Francis Deroy and with a passenger on board, it flew from Milan to Rome in less than six hours, winning the Coppa Ponti. Entered in the first Italian military competition, the “Roma” placed very well in all tests, but an error in flight route between Turin and Milan eliminated it from the competition.