Nord est Italy Spring Summer tour......

Nice ones 08
Like the choppers (esp, 3rd Tweetybird-shot)
+ double AMX's
& Iconic F104 + thanksgiving Frecce over Rialto (looks nomore then 300ft, does it?!)

Erik_7Xi · Post by **Erik_7Xi** » 02 Jul 2020, 08:34

Thanks, awesome photos - very interesting! I had not known that the CFS had ceased to exist and became part of the Carabinieri!! I was already thinking that they look awfully similar to CFS AB412s!!

Where did you see all the S208Ms? I have never seen them with these nose markings but then again, I have not been in Italy for 10 years now!
Last time I saw the S208Ms in any great numbers was at the CVV at Guidonia, great to see them still going strong!

patrick dirksen · Post by **patrick dirksen** » 02 Jul 2020, 17:31

Where did you see all the S208Ms?

The clue is in the title of the second S.208 shot: LIDH or Thiene

A nice sight indeed! No photos of the gliders (I presume Italian AF ones) in the background?
I presume they are here for some kind of summercamp, not regularly based?

tonno1970 · Post by **tonno1970** » 03 Jul 2020, 19:33

Erik_7Xi wrote:Thanks, awesome photos - very interesting! I had not known that the CFS had ceased to exist and became part of the Carabinieri!! I was already thinking that they look awfully similar to CFS AB412s!!

Where did you see all the S208Ms? I have never seen them with these nose markings but then again, I have not been in Italy for 10 years now!
Last time I saw the S208Ms in any great numbers was at the CVV at Guidonia, great to see them still going strong!

Since 2015 Guidonia changed from CVV to 60 Stormo, but still has the same role as before, flying S.208M and gliders as before.

On june the first, 4x S208M came in to Thiene to celebrate 100 years of the flight to Tokio.

The gliders in the background are civilians.

GT

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