Italian Historical FlyParty 2014

[Dysko]

The FlyParty is a small airshow organized every year by the Historical Aircraft Group, an Italian association for historic aircraft restorers, pilots, owners or simply enthusiasts. This year it was held on Montagnana airfield, a small airfield a one hour's drive from Venice.

Obviously, it is nothing like Duxford or La Ferté-Alais, but it is one of the few chances to see airworthy historical aircraft in Italy :)

 

This Waco UIC will SURELY attract your attention :)

 

It is a Pearl Harbour survivor: it was flying over Hawaii when the IJN airplanes attacked, and it was attacked itself by 2 fighters.

 

Stearman

 

 

 

T-6 Texan

 

 

This is a Piaggio P.166, an evolution of the amphibian general aviation plane P.136.

 

 

Stelio Frati Pylon Race, a race dedicated to the airplanes designed by engineer Stelio Frati. Frati used to design some of the best-looking general aviation planes ever built, and their high performances made them the Ferrari of the air!

This is a Procaer F.15 Picchio.

 

Frati's most famous plane is the SIAI-Marchetti SF.260.

 

The Boredom Fighters Team flies 2 Wolf W-11 Boredom Fighters homebuilt biplanes.

 

 

The HAG President flies this beautiful Macchi MB.308. The MB.308, nicknamed Macchino ("Little Macchi"), was the first airplane built in Italy after World War 2. This particular plane was flown by Industria Cortometraggi Milano ("Milan Short Film Company", INCOM for short, and this explains the registration), which used this plane to take aerial footage for the newsreel La settimana INCOM ("INCOM Weekly").

 

 

The MB.308, one Stearman and the Boredom Fighter Team flew this "Missing Man" formation in memoriam of the 4 Italian Air Force officers who lost their life on 19 august 2014 in the crash of their 2 Tornados.

 

Stampe et Vertongen SV.4

 

 

Cessna O-1E Bird Dog in the livery it wore when it was used as an observation and liaison plane by the Italian Army.

 

In Italy it is possible to see lots of airworthy Stinson L-5 Sentinel. Used by the USAAF during the liberation of Italy in WW2, they were deemed too expensive to be brought back in the USA after the war, and they were donated to the Italian Air Force. The Italian Air Force then gave them for free to various gliding clubs as towing planes, where some of them are still used.

 

This strange flying... thing is the AeroGallo ("Air Rooster"), a one-of-a-kind homebuilt ultralight. It even has speakers on the outside to make the rooster's cry, and when its display ends the livery designer goes near the runway with a giant fake hunting rifle to "shoot" him down! Oh, and the pilot flies it dressed like a chicken!

 

Cessna 310, Tom & Jerry special livery

 

ERCO Ercoupe

 

Formation with acro glider champion Luca Bertossio, his tow plane and the Blue Voltige display duo, flying Fournier motorgliders.

 

 

 

Loehle 5151, a scaled-down replica of a P-51 Mustang.

 

 

A Yakovlev Yak-9 replica with an Allison engine.

 

The only 2 airworthy historic jets in Italy, an Aermacchi MB.326E and an Hunting Jet Provost, both of them owned, restored and flown (well, not at the same time like in this picture! :) ) by Renzo Catellani, who also owns the Bird Dog which I showed some photos ago.

[B52STRATO]

Waco ? I don't see any Waco here 

 

Awesome job as usual.