 On 16 October 1923 he transferred from the "Regia Marina" to the "Regia Aeronautica" (Italy's Royal Air Force) which had been founded that year as an independent service.He entered the new service with a rank of "tenente colonnello" (lieutenant colonel) and because of his technical and organizational skills was given senior positions as its chief staff officer and the vice commandant of one of its air squadrons despite being only in his early 30s.Pinedo's cultured background and naturally reserved nature, as well as the orderliness and neatness instilled in him by his naval training, made him atypical of the aviators of his day, who tended to be mavericks and daredevils.