Ivo Boscarol
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Ivo Boscarol

Slovenian light aircraft designer

Ivo Boscarol (Slovene: [ˈiːʋɔ]; Italian: [boskaˈrɔl]), born 15 April 1956, is the founder of Pipistrel, a producer of ultralight and light aircraft, based in Ajdovščina, Slovenia. Boscarol is most known as an aircraft designer and entrepreneur.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Ivo Boscarol (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 15, 1956.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: businessperson, politician, aircraft pilot.5

Boscarol was born in 1956 in Postojna, Slovenia, at the

time also part of Yugoslavia. His father Augusto Boscarol, a machine

engineer, spent several young years as a test pilot at the Aermacchi, an Italian aircraft manufacturer.

Family lived in Ajdovščina, a town in western Slovenia near which a small military airfield was located.

After elementary and high school in Ajdovščina Boscarol studied economy at the University of Ljubljana. From 1976 to 1986 he was involved in publishing, owned a studio, in photography (official

photographer at the Šentjakobsko gledališče theatre in Ljubljana 1976–1980), was an advertising manager of the student radio station in Ljubljana (1976–1978), a manager of several musicians and rock

bands.

Boscarol also organized several art photo exhibitions, including nudes.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ivo Boscarol (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • BornApr 15, 1956, Postojna6
  • CitizenshipSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slovenia7