On the Road Again
Looking Back (to my pre-digital camera days)
Italy 1983 - 1998
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| On the road again..... Aircraft wrecks and relics found along the journey when travelling from museum to museum in Italy with cameras and film. |
| Fiat G-91T (including MM6340 '60-40') ex 60° Stormo based at Amendola at Elio Bentivoglio, Bufalotta, Rome. |
Elio Bentivoglio, Bufalotta, Rome - August 1998
Left to right: At least 12 of over 20 Fiat G-91Ts (including MM6340 '60-40') ex 60° Stormo based at Amendola now at this military surplus yard. MM6340 is now preserved at Campagnola Emilia, Bologna.
FIAT G-91T (MM6437 '60-87') ex 60° Stormo. |
| Left to right: Fiat G-91Ts (MM6315 '60-15' and MM54409 '60-109') ex 60° Stormo. |
Piana Delle Orme, Borgo San Michelle - August 1998
Left to right: Fairchild EC-119G Flying Boxcar (MM53-8146 '46-35') seen at the now known to be Museo Storico di Piana delle Orme, Borgo Faiti, Latina. It is seen here just after it had left Pratica di Mare. |
Left to right: Piaggio P148 (MM53546 '16') at scrapyard in Cisterna di Latina in August 1998.
Piaggio P148 (MM53590 '70-07') at Borgo Piave (Istituto Tecnico Agrario) in August 1998. |
Petrin Group Military Surplus, Villorba Castrette - August 1998
Left to right: North American F-86K Sabre (MM55-4869 '51-56' with tail of 54-1288) in August 1998. Later preserved at restaurant 'Casa Bianca' near Brescia.
Republic RF-84F Thunderflash (MM53-7585 '3-07' with tail of 53-6972).
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Left to right: Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (MM53-6619 '50-19' with tail of 52-10524), the swapping of tail and rudder shows '20523' on one side of tail and '30524' on the other.
Fiat G-91R (MM6401 '2-46' with tail of MM6291). |
Left to right: Caproni Ca.100 (I-ABMT previously MM55194) built in 1933 it was the standard trainer of the Regia Aeronautica in the 1930s. At Milan-Bresso in May 1991. It was the last flying original landplane Ca.100 and has since been restored.
Republic RF-84F Thunderflash (MM52-7390) At Milan-Bresso in May 1991. From 2002 it was restored at Cameri.
Dornier Do.27B-1 (56+33 WGAF registered I-BZPA c/n 308) at Rome-Urbe in 1983. Later with Aero Club Bolzano. |
| Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (MM51-17536 '4-16') gate guard at Naples - Capodichino in July 1983. |
