Italian AF Centenary Air Show Road Trip….

[billsamuels]

Hi Guys,

Following Saturday’s excellent Centenary Air Show we left Rome on our first leg home. Plan was to head to Genoa for a night stop, but on route was the newly refurbished and newly re-opened Italian Air Force museum on the edge of Lago di Bracciano which is about an hour outside the City - and absolutely worth the visit… Below is a list of the exhibits plus a few photos…

F means I framed it… Please excuse some of the abbreviated names, report migrated from ADU.

Sunday, 18 June, 2023 Vigna di Valle Museum

Reg/Code Type C/n Airline/Operator/Owner

F 11721 Ansaldo SVA.5 Italian Air Force

F 19309 Hanriot HD.1 515 Italian Air Force

F 23174 Caproni CA-36 Italian Air Force

F 53-6892 Republic F-84 Thund Italian Air Force


F BL246 Bleriot XI Italian Air Force

F I-GTAB Caproni Ca.100 Italian Air Force


F MM100028 SAI Ambrosini CVV-2-131 Italian Air Force

F MM105 Macchi M.67 Italian Air Force

F MM11341 IMAM Ro.37 Italian Air Force

F MM1208 Ansaldo AC.2 Private


R MM12822 Fieseler Fi 156 St156-5802 Italian Air Force

F MM130 FIAT C.29 Italian Air Force

F MM136556 Grumman S-2 TrackeG465 Italian Navy


F MM148295 Grumman S-2 TrackeG734 Italian Navy


F MM181 Macchi MC.72 5 Italian Air Force

F MM19792 Canadair F-86 Sabr692 Italian Air Force


F MM27050 IMAM Ro.43 Italian Air Force


F MM40118 Breguet Atlantique80 Italian Air Force


F MM4084 Vickers SupermarinCBAF.IX.1780 Italian Air Force


F MM4323 North American P-5122-39903 Italian Air Force


F MM45425 Cant Z.506 Airone Italian Air Force

F MM50-179 Grumman G-64 AlbatG68 Italian Air Force


F MM51-1104Republic F-84 Thund Italian Air Force

F MM52-7458Republic F-84 Thund Italian Air Force


F MM52757 Nardi-Piaggio FN30766 Italian Air Force

F MM52848 Stinson Sentinel 1547 Italian Air Force

F MM53058 Macchi MB.308 5878/105 Italian Air Force


F MM53265 FIAT G.59 74 Italian Air Force

F MM53276 FIAT G.59 61 Italian Air Force


F MM53286 FIAT G.46 192 Italian Air Force

F MM53-5594Lockheed T-33 Shoo580-8933 Italian Air Force


F MM53762 Macchi M.416 1059 Italian Air Force

F MM53882 FIAT G.80 2 Italian Air Force

F MM54097 North American T-6 Italian Air Force


F MM54389 Aermacchi MB.326 6502 Italian Air Force

F MM54436 SIAI-Marchetti SF.264 Italian Air Force


MM54485 Aermacchi MB.339 6682 Italian Air Force


F MM558 Ambrosini Super 7 2 Italian Air Force

F MM561 Aerfer Saggitario 2 Italian Air Force

F MM569 Aerfer Ariete 2 Italian Air Force

F MM61187 Savoia-Marchetti SM Italian Air Force

F MM6152 de Havilland Vampi13094 Italian Air Force


F MM61776 Douglas DC-3 19194 Italian Air Force


F MM61804 FIAT G.212 19 Italian Air Force


F MM61933 Piaggio P.166 443 Italian Air Force


MM61961 Piaggio PD808 518 Italian Air Force


MM6250 FIAT G.91 16 Italian Air Force


F MM6280 FIAT G.91 46 Italian Air Force


F MM6344 FIAT G.91 74 Italian Air Force


F MM6501 FIAT F-104 Starfig6501 Italian Air Force


F MM6741 Lockheed F-104 Sta1041 Italian Air Force


F MM7071 Panavia Tornado IS070 Italian Air Force


F MM7125 Aeritalia AMX IX037 Italian Air Force


R MM7210 Panavia Tornado AS080 Italian Air Force


F MM7251 General Dynamics F61-482 Italian Air Force


F MM76 Macchi M.39 Italian Air Force

F MM80113 Agusta-Bell 47 196 Italian Air Force

F MM80187 Agusta-Bell 47 1100 Italian Air Force


F MM80357 Agusta-Bell AB.2043085 Italian Air Force

F MM80973 Agusta-Sikorsky Se6025 Italian Air Force


F MM80986 Agusta-Sikorsky Se6213 Italian Air Force


F MM81161 Agusta-Bell AB.2125818 Italian Air Force


F MM8307 Macchi MC.200 Seatt Italian Air Force

F MM8669 Reggiane Re.2002 Italian Air Force


F MM9546 Macchi MC.205 Veltr Italian Air Force

F MM9667 Macchi MC.202 Folgo Italian Air Force

F S1383 SPAD VII Italian Air Force

F SE-AOP FIAT CR.42 917 Private




Hope this gives you a decent idea of what’s there. If you ever get to Rome, try to make the effort to drag yourself away from the ancient antiquities and try some more recent wrecks and relics…

Great place.

Bill

[graham]

LOvely photos Bill.

[zz]

Very nice Bill. Looks like its changed quite a bit since my visit about 10 years ago

aviationforall.proboards.com/thread/179/museuo-storico-delaeronautica-militare-italiana

I need to go back!

[billsamuels]

Morning Guys,

The following day (19th) we headed across the border into France. We stopped at a couple of fields, Le Luc where we saw a couple of German Army EC-665’s plus a SAMU EC-145, then onto Cuers where we saw 5 stored Atlantiques and a rather lovely AS565 belonging to the French Navy, some GA and a preserved Mirage 3E. Hyeres (Toulon) was next with four stored/gate guards plus a few biz… Local Gendarmerie aren’t very keen on spotters, so we didn’t hang around….

Next was the Saint Victoret Le Musee de l’aviation near Marseille. Sadly the museum was closed but thankfully you can see most exhibits either outside or through the many windows….


MS.893 ‘85’ F-BVHZ.


F-ZBBV CL-215 and F-ZBAU Firecat.




F-ZBDC Alouette 3.

Inside were;

F-ZXXX Dauphin 
225 Mirage 3B
206 Mirage F1
F-WGVH Djinn
F-GATQ Alouette 2
TJ-XBF Gazelle
1387 Gazelle
944 H-34
40 Broussard
2024 Frelon ‘Iraqi AF’ (undelivered)

We then went onto MRS where we found a few decent stored, Noratlas, Merlin, Metroliner plus some commercial and Biz. But the prize for the day (for me) was our next stop, Nimes.

8 stored FAF C-135’s (I made 7!!), lots of CL425’s and virtually the entire Q400 fleet of the Securite Civile. There’s also some stored commercial’s, 4 Transavia France B737’s, 2 ex Thomas Cook A330’s, Saudia and SAA A330’s and a couple of A320… 

So excellent day.

Bill