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The Italian Constellation

Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:01 am

The Italian Constellation Breda-Zappata B.Z.308

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Did not even know this bird ever even existed!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6GgwZIPVRU

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda-Zappata_BZ.308

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Re: The Italian Constellation

Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:50 am

Sweet looking plane - too bad the stars were aligned against it (competition and politics), and its career cut short - DBR when it hit a cement truck on landing.

The Wiki article had a link to the ASN accident report, which had a link to a page of Italian Air Force accidents from 1954:
http://www.alatricolore.it/alatricolore ... o/1954.htm
Sure was a surprise to me that the Italians were still flying P-38s in '54 (and looking further, SB2C Helldivers into '58!).
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