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Renato "Sonny" Levi RDI (9 September 1926 – 12 November 2016) was an English, (of Italian heritage), boat designer known for creating powerboats for the Aga Khan, the Shah of Iran, and Richard Branson. Early lifeRenato Levi was born in Karachi on 9 September 1926 into a family that had fled fascism in Italy, but he was educated in France and Darjeeling. CareerLevi learned about boat design in his uncle's boat-design business Afco in Bombay. He moved to England in 1944 and became a pilot in Spitfires with the Royal Air Force. After demobilisation he founded his own boatyard in Anzio in 1960. he invented a surface propulsion system which increased speed and reduced drag and was installed on Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Challenger II. In 1986 he was appointed a Royal Designer for Industry.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] DeathLevi died on 12 November 2016. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.leviboats.com/EN/ |title=home |publisher=Levi Boats |date=2014-06-20 |accessdate=2016-11-30}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://sonnylevi.com/ |title=The work of Sonny Levi — Levi Designs |website=Sonnylevi.com |date= |accessdate=2016-11-30}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sonny-levi-fm5p3tg0d |title=Sonny Levi | Register | The Times & The Sunday Times |website=Thetimes.co.uk |date=2016-11-26 |accessdate=2016-11-30}} 4. ^{{cite web|last=Lawrence |first=Charles |url=http://www.classicoffshore.com/blog/history-of-the-sport/renato-sonny-levi/ |title=Renato "Sonny" Levi | Classic Offshore Powerboat Club – COPC |website=Classicoffshore.com |date=2016-11-13 |accessdate=2016-11-30}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fastonwater.co.uk/sonny_levi.html |title=Sonny Levi |website=Fastonwater.co.uk |date=2012-02-17 |accessdate=2016-11-30}} 6. ^{{cite web|author=John Moore |url=https://www.powerboatracingworld.com/2016/11/13/sonny-levi-the-father-of-modern-powerboat-design-has-passed-away/ |title=Sonny Levi – ‘The father of modern powerboat design’ has passed away – Powerboat Racing World |website=Powerboatracingworld.com |date= |accessdate=2016-11-30}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/obituaries/dr-renato-sonny-levi-96895.aspx |title=Dr Renato ‘Sonny’ Levi |website=Iwcp.co.uk |date=2016-11-25 |accessdate=2016-11-30}} External links
10 : 1926 births|2016 deaths|People from Karachi|Indian people of Italian descent|Indian collaborators with the British Empire|Italian collaborators with the British Empire|Royal Air Force personnel of World War II|Mechanical engineers|Marine engineers|English people of Italian descent |
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