Bonnie Tiburzi (born August 31, 1948), is an American aviator. In March of 1973, at age 24, she became the first female pilot for a major American Commercial airline. At the same time, she also became the first woman in the world to earn a Flight Engineer rating on a turbo-jet aircraft. Bonnie Tiburzi is an Italian American and was born on August 31, 1948, in Connecticut. Her father was a pilot during WWII with the Air Transport Command and TWA. He later started his own regional airline called Tiburzi Airways, which… Continue Reading…

Amadeo Pietro Giannini was born in San Jose, California, to Italian immigrant parents. He was the first son of Luigi Giannini and Virginia (Demartini) Giannini. Luigi Giannini immigrated to the United States from Favale di Malvaro near Genoa, Liguria in the Kingdom of Sardinia to prospect in response to the California Gold Rush of 1849. When Amadeo’s Father was murdered by an employee over a payroll dispute, his mother took over the operation of the produce business. In 1880, Virginia married Lorenzo Scatena who began L. Scatena & Co. Giannini… Continue Reading…