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- Sat 13 Apr 2024, 12:21 pm
- Forum: Modern Military Photos
- Topic: AMX phase-out - Istrana 5/4/24
- Replies: 3
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AMX phase-out - Istrana 5/4/24
On 5th April, the Italian Air Force retired the AMX, light attack plane serving since 1989. A phase-out ceremony was held in Istrana air base, home of the 51° Stormo, last unit flying the AMX. Since I was able to confirm my presence only few days before the event, I couldn't reserve a place for the ...
- Tue 19 Dec 2023, 7:33 pm
- Forum: Modern Military Photos
- Topic: Exercise Poggio Dart 2023 - Istrana 13/12/23
- Replies: 1
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Exercise Poggio Dart 2023 - Istrana 13/12/23
Exercise Poggio Dart 2023 took part from 4th to 15th December. Its aim was to prove the command and control capabilities of the Deployable Air Command & Control Centre (DACCC). Some of the participants were redeployed on Istrana air base. A spotter day was scheduled for 13th December (which, unf...
- Tue 21 Nov 2023, 7:47 pm
- Forum: Modern Military Photos
- Topic: 6° Stormo open day - Ghedi 04/11/2023
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2560
Re: 6° Stormo open day - Ghedi 04/11/2023
Very nice thanks for posting. Is this open to non Italian nationals? You had to fill in a registration form to obtain a QR code to access the base. It asked for the ID card/passport number and for the Italian equivalent of the NINO. If I remember correctly, there was also a "Nationality" ...
- Sun 19 Nov 2023, 9:26 am
- Forum: Modern Military Photos
- Topic: 6° Stormo open day - Ghedi 04/11/2023
- Replies: 2
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6° Stormo open day - Ghedi 04/11/2023
On 4th November, anniversary of the end of World War 1 on the Italian Front, Italy celebrates the Armed Services and National Unity Day. On this day or in the nearest weekend it is customary to have open days in some military bases and public displays in major cities. Being the year of the 100th Ann...
- Mon 06 Nov 2023, 8:08 pm
- Forum: Modern Military Photos
- Topic: NATO Tiger Meet 2023
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3967
Re: NATO Tiger Meet 2023
I'm not exactly sure what the story is with the BIG EC Tigre & Little Gazelle shot? Has the appearance of a unintentional composite shot? :thinking: :astonished: They were lining up for the elephant walk (there were also another Tigre and the red Gazelle, all distorted by the engine wash). Here...
- Sun 05 Nov 2023, 3:59 pm
- Forum: Modern Military Photos
- Topic: NATO Tiger Meet 2023
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3967
NATO Tiger Meet 2023
My pics from the NATO Tiger Meet 2023. Take-off photos were taken on the late afternoon of Thursday 5th, when I was lucky enough to catch the take-off of almost all special color planes for the last photoflight of one of NTM's official photographers. Landing photos were taken during the Friday 6th s...
- Fri 27 Oct 2023, 7:19 pm
- Forum: Modern Military Photos
- Topic: Italian Air Force Aeronautical Culture Class - Valbrembo, Italy 13/10/2023
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2981
Re: Italian Air Force Aeronautical Culture Class - Valbrembo, Italy 13/10/2023
Thank you very much
Actually, I have to say it doesn't feel too different from many other GA planes I flew in. I think we barely reached 1,5 G when entering the wingovers, and for the rest of the maneuver I felt not much difference from 1 G.
- Wed 25 Oct 2023, 6:48 pm
- Forum: Modern Military Photos
- Topic: Italian Air Force Aeronautical Culture Class - Valbrembo, Italy 13/10/2023
- Replies: 3
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Italian Air Force Aeronautical Culture Class - Valbrembo, Italy 13/10/2023
From 9th to 19th October Valbrembo, a small general aviation airport near Bergamo, Italy, hosted an Italian Air Force Aeronautical Culture Class. It is a class dedicated to 185 high school students that, after a theoretical part, have the chance to fly on Italian Air Force SIAI-Marchetti U-208 liais...
- Mon 18 Sep 2023, 8:47 pm
- Forum: Airshow Photos
- Topic: Airshow del Garda 2023 - Desenzano, Italy 10/9/23
- Replies: 1
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Airshow del Garda 2023 - Desenzano, Italy 10/9/23
The city of Desenzano del Garda (on the shores of Lake Garda, Italy) hosted Airshow del Garda 2023 on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th September. Desenzano was the host of the Reparto Sperimentale Alta Velocità (Experimental High Speed Detachment), which tested the seaplanes which would have been used f...
- Thu 14 Sep 2023, 7:50 pm
- Forum: Airshow Photos
- Topic: 21st Mario Stoppani Memorial Airshow - Lovere, Italy 3/9/23
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21st Mario Stoppani Memorial Airshow - Lovere, Italy 3/9/23
With the Jesolo Air Show fumes still in my lungs, the following day I attended 21st Mario Stoppani Memorial Airshow. It is an event held every year in Lovere, on the northern tip of Lake Iseo in Italy, to commemorate fighter Ace and test pilot Mario Stoppani, born here in 1895. The day was opened in...
- Sat 09 Sep 2023, 12:33 pm
- Forum: Airshow Photos
- Topic: Jesolo Air Show 2023 2/9/23
- Replies: 9
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Jesolo Air Show 2023 2/9/23
Trip to Jesolo Air Show 2023, one of the most important seaside airshows in Italy, organized in Jesolo, a popular holiday location near Venice. The show was opened by a Police AgustaWestland UH-139E... https://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_7285_020923.jpg ...and by a C...
- Wed 19 Jul 2023, 8:19 pm
- Forum: Airshow Photos
- Topic: Historical Aircraft Group FlyParty 2023 - Bagnoli di Sopra, Italy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 735
Historical Aircraft Group FlyParty 2023 - Bagnoli di Sopra, Italy
10 year have passed since the first time I attended the FlyParty (technically 11, but I don't count the 2012 edition where I stayed for just an hour). Here are my photos from my 7th time at the Historical Aircraft Group yearly fly-in, held on 24th and 25th June in Bagnoli di Sopra airfield near Padu...
- Tue 11 Jul 2023, 9:01 pm
- Forum: Airshow Photos
- Topic: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary airshow
- Replies: 2
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Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary airshow
Summer 1998. I was almost 10 years old, and my parents bought me an issue of Rivista Aeronautica, the official Italian Air Force Magazine, because I suddenly became interested in airplanes when my father brought me to an airshow the year before. Enclosed with the magazine there was a VHS about Giorn...
- Mon 10 Jul 2023, 6:41 pm
- Forum: UK Airshow Review News
- Topic: Italian Air Force Centenary Airshow
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2792
Re: Italian Air Force Centenary Airshow
The MC.72 was a recently-constructed replica, not the original (which remains in the museum at Vigna di Valle) I can confirm the MC.72 is a full-scale mock-up preserved in Desenzano del Garda, I covered the unveiling in this thread: https://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=89006 You can find s...
- Tue 13 Jun 2023, 7:31 pm
- Forum: European Events
- Topic: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow 2023
- Replies: 233
- Views: 66828
- Tue 13 Jun 2023, 3:35 pm
- Forum: European Events
- Topic: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow 2023
- Replies: 233
- Views: 66828
Re: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow 2023
Some rumours about the G.91 flying today are circulating on Whatsapp, but no official confirmation yet. For those wanting to visit the Italian Air Force Museum in Vigna di Valle, I phoned them this morning, and they told me they will be closed on Thursday. To be sure they are closed, they suggested ...
- Thu 08 Jun 2023, 5:35 pm
- Forum: European Events
- Topic: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow 2023
- Replies: 233
- Views: 66828
Re: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow 2023
Today the Caproni Ca.3 replica returned to the air, so it is likely it will partecipate to the airshow.
- Wed 07 Jun 2023, 9:25 pm
- Forum: European Events
- Topic: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow 2023
- Replies: 233
- Views: 66828
Re: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow 2023
No idea yet which side of the runway the spotters will be on, although judging by the entrance points it will be the same as the show days. According to a slideshow circulating on Italian Whatsapp spotters groups, spotters will be on the opposite side of the runway on friday only. According to the ...
- Sat 03 Jun 2023, 4:06 pm
- Forum: European Events
- Topic: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow 2023
- Replies: 233
- Views: 66828
Re: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow 2023
According to an unofficial post on a F-104 Facebook fan group, the TF-104G N991SF "Black Beauty" is currently en route towards Italy on board an Italian Air Force C-130. The post says it will be re-assembled in Grosseto airbase (former F-104 base). It is unclear whether it will be re-based...
- Mon 29 May 2023, 5:54 pm
- Forum: Warbird & Classic Jet Photos
- Topic: LIMB Milan Bresso 28/5/23 – Grumman HU-16 Albatross
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LIMB Milan Bresso 28/5/23 – Grumman HU-16 Albatross
Another vintage visitor in Bresso! A Grumman HU-16B is parked in Milan's general aviation airport since last week. This plane came from the USA for a fly-by above the historical car meeting Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este (where one of the owners had a car on display). Due to an engine issue, it is...
- Sun 14 May 2023, 7:36 pm
- Forum: Warbird & Classic Jet Photos
- Topic: LIMB Milan Bresso 13/5/23 – Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz
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LIMB Milan Bresso 13/5/23 – Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz
Quick visit to Bresso, Milan's general aviation airport, to see a Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz. This plane arrived in Milan for a tour organized by the Royal Air Squadron. Unfortunately, I will be unable to see another participant, a Yakovlev Yak-11. http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/us...
- Tue 09 May 2023, 5:49 pm
- Forum: Modern Military Photos
- Topic: LIME/BGY Orio al Serio 7/5/23 - Double Guardia di Finanza ATR visit
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LIME/BGY Orio al Serio 7/5/23 - Double Guardia di Finanza ATR visit
Unusual double visit by 2 ATRs of the Guardia di Finanza, the Italian law enforcement agency tasked with border patrol, countering smuggling and drug trade and other financial crimes. Both planes took off from Pratica di Mare, a military airport near Rome, where they are based. ATR 42-500MP wearing ...
- Sun 07 May 2023, 6:52 pm
- Forum: Warbird & Classic Jet Photos
- Topic: Macchi M.C.72 mock-up unveiling - Idroscalo di Desenzano del Garda, Italy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3504
Macchi M.C.72 mock-up unveiling - Idroscalo di Desenzano del Garda, Italy
This morning Comitato Idroscalo di Desenzano del Garda officially publicly unveiled a full-scale mock-up of the Macchi M.C.72 hydroracer. https://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_5353_070523.jpg https://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_5358_070...
- Sun 23 Apr 2023, 9:09 am
- Forum: European Events
- Topic: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow 2023
- Replies: 233
- Views: 66828
Re: Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow 2023
We're staying right by Termini in Rome, so obviously able to travel out by train/metro in many directions but not quite close enough to the show! According to unconfirmed rumours circulating on social networks, during the airshow there should be a shuttle train between Rome Termini and Pomezia Sant...
- Wed 15 Feb 2023, 6:46 pm
- Forum: Themed Photo Threads
- Topic: Topic of the week #52: Bi+planes
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4333
Re: Topic of the week #52: Bi+planes
Pitts S.2B Special flown by aerobatic pilot Maurizio Costa, 20th Mario Stoppani Memorial Airshow (September 2022), Lake Iseo, Italy https://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_4693_110922.jpg Waco UPF-7, Italian Historical Aircraft Group FlyParty 2022 near Padua https://www....