Warbird Information Exchange

Unveiling starts at about 1:26:20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE3E4xhkphw

Back from extinction...looks like a beautiful job.

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

I thin this is the same airplane (and without having to look for it in a hour and a half video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bjp2IxBJKw

Not brought back from extinction: there is another, in Luftwaffe markings, in France.

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Kevin McCartney

As a side note, Vigna di Valle is one of the most beautiful settings for an aviation museum that I've ever visited, and the collection of aircraft is nothing short of fantastic. An easy day trip from Rome via train or rental car.



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Does anyone know the story on this aircraft? Restoration? Reproduction? Is this the one that was a memorial in France for many years?

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"I can't understand it, I cut it twice and it's still too short!" Robert F. Dupre' 1923-2010 Go With God.

Thanks for the post! This one has been 85% done for years sitting in storage at the Italian Air Force Museum. Glad to see it finally on display.

This particular plane was built for the Luftwaffe in 1944 (serial number 126). After the war it was donated to the School of Engineering at Bologna. The Italian Air Force Museum acquired it in 1970.

Information from Classic Wings, Issue 59, 2007.

That's pretty cool. A great addition to the museum, and excellent news for fans of the type.

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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
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"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

Plus three P-35s and an AT-12.
I kid, I kid... wonder how a Reggiane would perform in a dogfight with a Seversky?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

They reckon that they performed and handled pretty good. My money would be on the Reggiane, but who knows?