Robert Ludvigovich Bartini was a Soviet aircraft designer and scientist, involved in the development of numerous successful and experimental aircraft projects. A pioneer of amphibious aircraft and ground-effect vehicles, Bartini was one of the most famous engineers in the Soviet Union, nicknamed Barone Rosso because of his rumored noble Italian ancestry.
- Occupation
- military flight engineer, physicist, aircraft pilot, inventor
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Italy
- Born
- May 14, 1897
- Died
- December 6, 1974
