Warbird Information Exchange

thanks to the warbird gods, not to mention every warbird enthusiast on this site, we around the world have flying warbirds from every international ww 2 participant except 1 that i know of..... italy!! i've seen restored german, japanese, russian, french, u.s. & great britain aircraft that originated from those countries. no original ww 2 italian designs are flying or under restoration to fly in italy?? please prove me wrong!! i find that hard to believe that they would be the missing part of the puzzle. a great picture or airshow would be a represenative grouping of aircraft from all the major ww 2 participants!! remember.... ground bound static displays don't count!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

AFAIK know, no combat aircraft are airworthy, since the landing accident that befell the Macchi 205 some years ago.
Just done the first part of a survey of the surviving Italian monoplane fighters and their histories in the latest Classic Wings.

Dave

davem2, your article?? do tell!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

The closest you'll come is the Fiat G-59 in Parma. But a trainer which is powered by a Merlin and has lineage to the WWII DB605 powered Fiat G-55 ought to be allowed entry to the party I think!

T J

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Website has yet to be updated due to a hectic time in out new museum, but here is the blurb for it.

ITALY’S 1940s MONOPLANE FIGHTERS
Italy is renowned for building aesthetically pleasing transport machinery, whether it be automobiles or motorcycles. The same can be said for the most part of their World War Two fighters. Unfortunately these aircraft have taken a back seat to those of the major combatants of the time, which reflects in the number that remain and what is known about them. In this, the first part of a two part article, we take a look at the products from the Macchi and Fiat stable with a short history and a detailed look at the Mc.200, 202, 205 and the Fiat G.50, 55 and 59s that remain. Part Two turns the spotlight on the aircraft of the Reggiane Company.

Under rebuild - TFC's Fiat CR.42 and Jerry Yagen's G.59 (to wartime G.55 configuration with a DB605)

Early post-war airworthy - G.59s in Italy and Australia (Lynette Zucolli) plus G.46s in the UK and Italy, with at least one more under rebuild in Italy.