Italian Air Force Aeronautical Culture Class - Valbrembo, Italy 13/10/2023

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Italian Air Force Aeronautical Culture Class - Valbrembo, Italy 13/10/2023

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From 9th to 19th October Valbrembo, a small general aviation airport near Bergamo, Italy, hosted an Italian Air Force Aeronautical Culture Class. It is a class dedicated to 185 high school students that, after a theoretical part, have the chance to fly on Italian Air Force SIAI-Marchetti U-208 liaison and glider tow planes.

On 13th October I had the chance to attend the media day for an Italian aviation news website.

There were 4 planes: one wearing a standard livery...
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...two wearing a special livery dedicated to the Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary...
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...and one wearing a special livery dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Rome-Tokyo raid performed by Arturo Ferrarin in 1920.
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Finally it is my turn to perform a short flight with 2 other passengers on board the Ferrarin special livery plane. Until that moment, everybody flew in a 3-ship formation, so I was hoping to take some air-to-air pictures. Unfortunately, we were told that our plane would have flown solo.
I have to say I was quite disappointed, as all other photographers I know had the chance to perform formation flights during similar classes organized elsewhere in Italy.

The pilot performed some wingovers.
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Flying above Valbrembo airport. The river on the left is the Brembo river, which gives the name to the valley it passes through (Val Brembana) and to a worldwide famous brake manufacturer located near it.
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On short final
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Re: Italian Air Force Aeronautical Culture Class - Valbrembo, Italy 13/10/2023

Post by seahawk12 »

Nice report and pictures Giorgio!
Shame that you had a solo flight and there was no oppertunity to make air to air shots. But i think it was a nice experience:-)
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