IT NAVY - CATANIA FONTANAROSSA Open day 12 OCt 2013

Starfighter_F-104G · Post by **Starfighter_F-104G** » 23 Sep 2013, 22:47

last Open Day for Italian Navy

CJ · Post by CJ » 22 Oct 2013, 21:28

Noted on static display were:
mm81493/2-14 EH101
mm81719/2-22 EH101
mm81581/3-05 NH90-NFH
mm81376/7-66 AB212ASW (appeared fully operational)
mm81378/7-68 AB212ASW
mm81473/9-05 AB412HP

parked in main hangars were
mm81481/2-02 EH101
mm81487[/2-08 EH101
mm80942/7-10 AB212ASW (appeared operational)

stored near one of the green hangars was
mm5009N/6-07 SH-3D (no rotors)

on display in a converted small hanger(?) was an A106 coded 5-01

At the main gate were preserved
mm80366/3-05 AB204ASW spec 50 years c/s
mm81076/7-31 AB212ASW spec 50 years c/s
an unmarked SH-3D also in spec 50 years and 3 Gruppo Elicotteri c/s

While this is the centennial of Italian Naval Aviation folks were also celebrating 50 years of Maristaeli Catania.
The green temporary (?) hangars were not inspected.

I left at about 1 pm when the rain started to move in. No idea if there were any flying displays afterwards.

nellis6 · Post by **nellis6** » 30 Nov 2013, 12:24

CJ wrote:Noted on static display were:
mm81493/2-14 EH101
mm81719/2-22 EH101
mm81581/3-05 NH90-NFH
mm81376/7-66 AB212ASW (appeared fully operational)
mm81378/7-68 AB212ASW
mm81473/9-05 AB412HP

parked in main hangars were
mm81481/2-02 EH101
mm81487[/2-08 EH101
mm80942/7-10 AB212ASW (appeared operational)

stored near one of the green hangars was
mm5009N/6-07 SH-3D (no rotors)

on display in a converted small hanger(?) was an A106 coded 5-01

At the main gate were preserved
mm80366/3-05 AB204ASW spec 50 years c/s
mm81076/7-31 AB212ASW spec 50 years c/s
an unmarked SH-3D also in spec 50 years and 3 Gruppo Elicotteri c/s

While this is the centennial of Italian Naval Aviation folks were also celebrating 50 years of Maristaeli Catania.
The green temporary (?) hangars were not inspected.

I left at about 1 pm when the rain started to move in. No idea if there were any flying displays afterwards.

Not sure why you have marked a couple of AB212ASW as "appeared fully operational" such as MM81376/7-66. I can certainly confirm it was active in September as were quite a few others. I flew in MM81376 during that month and also photographed a few other active 212's that month at Grottaglie.

CJ · Post by CJ » 01 Dec 2013, 10:38

Mike, the reason was both were marked as 'stored' in the Scramble DB. As said, these didn't appear to be in storage.

Guess I missed the report from your September outing there

nellis6 · Post by **nellis6** » 01 Dec 2013, 17:32

CJ wrote:Mike, the reason was both were marked as 'stored' in the Scramble DB. As said, these didn't appear to be in storage.

Guess I missed the report from your September outing there

Ah ok. Didn't post a log from my trip, but just wondered why you had written that. No problems!

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