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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...

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...

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 ...

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...

On 9th February a wildfire firefighting exercise was held in Pighet Heliport, in the Italian Alps, few kilometers from Bergamo. The heliport (and the restaurant nearby) has been recently acquired and reopened by a group of 3 people. Between them mountaineer and helicopter pilot Simone Moro, recordma...

Two airsow in two days. I haven't done anything similar since 2015. Lovere, a town on the northern tip of Lake Iseo, between the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia in Italy, hosts every year the Mario Stoppani Memorial Airshow. Mario Stoppani was a fighter Ace with 6 victories obtained in WW1 and seap...

The city of Desenzano del Garda (on the shores of Lake Garda, Italy) hosted Airshow del Garda 2022 on Saturday 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 for the Schneide...

Finally the first post-pandemic edition of the Italian Historical Aircraft Group (HAG) yearly fly-in, held in 25th and 26th June in Bagnoli di Sopra airfield near Padua, home of HAG itself. The show was opened with a Viet Nam War memorial by Andrea Rossetto flying his Bird Dog "Mekong Mauler". https...

From 13th to 17th June San Damiano airport, a former Tornado base near Piacenza, Italy, hosted SAR exercise Grifone 2022. https://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_1368_140622.jpg https://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_1462_140622.jpg The Ital...

A phone call on sunday morning from a friend who flies in Bresso, Milan's general aviation airport, located on the northern outskirts of the city. "I heard some rumors that the Caproncino will fly in Bresso this afternoon... do you want to come here?" And so here I am, face to face with a 1933-built...

After a 1-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Frecce Tricolori display team celebrated its 60th anniversary with an airshow in their home base in Rivolto on 18th and 19th September (with a spotter day on 17th September). The pandemic situation prevented a restriction-free airshow, so access...

My photos from the Airpower 2016. 3 PC-6 draw the Austrian flag in the sky with coloured water. http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_2009_030916.jpg Red Bull DC-6 http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_2024_030916.jpg http://www.golfvictors...

I know, I'm a bit late :lol: This year the Italian Air Force display team Frecce Tricolori celebrated the 55th Anniversary since its foundation. To celebrate this event, a unusually (for Italy) big airshow was organized on their homebase, Rivolto military airport. The Italian Air Force showed almost...

This saturday I've been in Sion airport to see Swiss Air Force fighters deployed for CAP missions over the World Economic Forum in Davos. http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_5079_250114.jpg Photos taken near runway 25 threshold. http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfo...

An interesting feature from a restoration group we in Northwestern Europe do not hear that often about. Would be nice to see this orange MB.326 flying in the "Northern Airshow circuit" from time to time. :) It has already performed at the AirPower 2013, so it's possible that in the future you'll be...