Ascani, a retired Air Force major general, flew an F-86 Sabre jet at 628.698 mph at the National Air Races in Detroit in 1951. He later oversaw development of a supersonic bomber. Fred J. Ascani, a retired Air Force major general and former test pilot at
Actor - The Little Colonel, The Scarlet Empress, Little Women, Murders In The Zoo, Crimson Dynasty, Bulldog Drummond At Bay (title role). US Representative, 64th Governor of Connecticut, and U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Argentina and Switzerland