The origins of aerial acrobatics date back to the beginning of military aviation, at the time, that is, when the hunt was born and the aircraft was engaged in air combat. This use, consolidated during the First World War, was based on acrobatics, therefore on the maneuverability of the aircraft and on the ability of the single pilots. It was still, however, in a phase in which acrobatics were faced individually, by a “soloist” who could afford the luxury of improvisations, even sensational ones, relying on inspiration and, often, good luck. When the military aeronautics were organically constituted (the Regia Aeronautica was founded on March 28, 1923),the best pilots were called to form patrols and squadrons performing acrobatics in formation; the pilots themselves had to modify their mentality in practice, renouncing the personal affirmation for that of the whole of which they were part.
The birth of the acrobatic patrols dates back to 1930 when, at the Campoformido airport, site of the 1st Storm Terrestrial Hunting, the first school of collective acrobatics was established, commissioned and commanded by the Colonel Pilota Rino CORSO FOUGIER. Pioneer and spiritual father of acrobatic flight.He had been able to convince the General Staff of the Royal Air Force of the importance that, if a military pilot he was perfect as a sport pilot, he could then, as a soldier, use the airplane in its warlike use with maximum efficiency and mastery. The acrobatic flight became the result of daily training, severe and continuous to air combat and interception; it was the result of a strict discipline, animated by the generous impulse and controlled by the great skill. Firm in his convictions, Colonel FOUGIER trained a training of 5 aircraft with a complete acrobatic program.
.He also studied the attack in formation of a truck on the ground, an attack that had to express all the effectiveness of the war without neglecting the basic element of acrobatics, the synchronism in evolution.The 5 FIAT CR20, carried out the program in narrow formation, they appeared to “wedge” by beating on the ground. A few meters from the target, the patrol leader was able to do a complete looping, while the right-wing and left-wingers were pulling off and after a tight turn in cabrata they crossed onto the truck, repeating the maneuver three times. Eventually the explosion of the land vehicle was remotely controlled with a charge of dynamite.
Colonel FOUGIER presented his “trump card” to the First Day of the Wing, in which the patrol of the 1st Wing, under the command of Lieutenant NERI, aroused the general enthusiasm. The daring final carousel took the name of “bomba”, an acrobatic creation that, from that day, has always closed the program of all the acrobatic patrols that represented the Air Force. In 1936, on the occasion of the International Meeting in Budapest, the patrol of the 4th Wing followed the orders of the Captains VIOLA and ROSSI.
FIAT C.R. 20 “Asso”
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system an Isotta Fraschinida 450 HP engine; wingspan 9.8 m; length 6.7; height 2.75 m; wing area 25.65 m2; total weight 1,487 kg; empty 1,067 kg; max speed 250 km / h; range 500 km; tangency 5,000 m; armament 2 machine guns of 7.7 mm.
FIAT C.R. 32
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system a FIAT A.30 R.A. engine with 600 HP; wingspan 9.50 m; length 7.45; height 2.36 m; wing area 32.10 m2; total weight 1,975 kg; empty 1,455 kg; max speed 37 5 km / h; range 750 km; tangency 7,700 m; armament 2 Breda Safat machine guns 12.7 mm.
1945 – 1950
Prostrated by years of unequal struggle, the Regia Aeronautica (which became an Italian Air Force after the referendum outcome of June 2, 1946), appeared at the end of the war with slightly more than symbolic personnel. The ancient and worn-out material of flight, soon had to be reconstituted with Anglo-American machines, the same against which he had to fight for years. They had to spend five years because, the slow recovery of the post-war period, allowed the Italian Air Force crews to regain more professional serenity within a better organizational situation. It was then to recreate a favorable environment and such, to give space to new initiatives in which some departments found enthusiasm to give life to acrobatic formations.
Romeo Ro.41 biposto della 2^ Z.A.T. 1948.
In those they formed within the 2nd Z.A.T. (Territorial Aerial Zones), of extemporaneous acrobatic patrols equipped with the ancient biplanes connecting Romeo Ro.41 Biposto, at the 51st Stormo Caccia with Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX and F51D of the 4th.
North American F51D Mustang del 4° Stormo
But it was now on the threshold of the 50s, and there was no place for rhetoric; the Italian crews refined their professional level in full harmony with the criteria and the techniques imposed by the new means of flight and, even before being good and talented acrobatic pilots, proved to know how to be excellent operational pilots. During the 1950s, the Italian Air Force was able to plan and institutionalize the formation of an acrobatic team representing the Armed Forces and that should have been entrusted, with a two-year rotation, to single Aerobrigates.
1950 – 1952
Cavallino Rampante
First acrobatic team on jet fighter, the “Prancing Horse” operated on Macchi-De Havilland “Vampire” DH 100 FB Mk51 / 52. Consisting of four aircraft and five pilots (one of which in reserve), the patrol was formed by: Ten. CEOLETTA, Ten. GUERRIERI, Ten. BOMBARDINI, Serg. Magg. GALGANI and Serg. TURRA.
The first official foreign performance of the “Prancing Horse” acrobatic team took place in July 1952, when the four Vampires led by Ten. CEOLETTA performed at the first NATO event in Melsbroek (Brussels), Belgium.
The pilots of the 4th Wing who formed the first post-war Italian (official) acrobatic team, had considerable success, arousing the public’s enthusiasm and flattering appreciations from the same king BALDOVINO. The newspapers of Brussels gave the event much prominence defining the Italian pilots as “axes”.
Macchi–De Havilland Vampire DH 100 FB Mk51/52 Pattuglia Acrobatica “Cavallino Rampante”
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system a 1,500 kg / thrust De Havilland “Goblin 2” jet engine; wingspan 11.5 m; length 9.4 m; wing area 23 m2; total weight 5,530 kg; empty 3.240; max speed 885 km / h; range 1,900 km; ascent rate 20.5 m / sec; tangency 14,600 m; armament 4 20 mm cannons + 2 227 kg bombs or eight 127 mm air-to-ground rockets.
1953 – 1955
Getti Tonanti
In 1953 the “Getti Tonanti” patrol became operative, also called (I quattro del Getto Tonante), created by the pilots of the 5th Aerobrigata at Villafranca. The aircraft supplied was the Republic F84G “Thunderjet”; the patrol consisted of four aircraft, while the pilots that composed it, Magg. DEGIOVANNI, Cap. MARSILLI, Ten. BLADELLI, Sottoten. TOMEUCCI, Serg. Magg. PILLEPICH and Serg. ZAMBON, came from the three groups that made up the Aerobrigata: 101 °, 102 ° and 103 °.
The four F84G performed for the first time abroad on July 18, 1953 in Utrecht. On May 9, 1954 there was another remarkable performance in Spain, on the “Cuatros vientos” airport of Madrid, on the occasion of the International Air Festival. That occasion also provided the opportunity to make a film that had a good success entitled, in fact, “I quattro del Getto Tonante”. Some patrol pilots recited themselves in the film. The “Thundering Jets” also performed twice in Western Germany: on June 3 in Cologne for the Flugtag der Nationen and on the following 8th July in Nuremberg.
Republic F84G Thunderjet – Pattuglia Acrobatica “Getti Tonanti”.
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system an Allison J-35-A29 turbojet with 2,000 kg / thrust; wingspan 11.40 m; length 11.50 m; height 3.38 m; wing area 24.15 m2; total weight 10.670 kg; empty 4.495 kg; max speed 1,020 km / h; range 1,600 km; tangency 13.725 m; armament 6 M2 12.7 mm machine guns + 900 kg of bombs or 32 127 mm air-to-ground rockets.
1955 – 1956
Tigri Bianche
The acrobatic team of the “White Tigers” was formed in autumn 1953, again on Republic F84G aircraft, at the airport of Aviano from the 51st Aerobrigata. The name of this patrol was based on the traditional name of “Tigri” of the 21st Group, and the white color that distinguished the squadron. Initially commanded by Major BELLAGAMBI, the patrol began in the spring of 1954 on the field of Istrana on the occasion of the delivery of the Gold Medal to Military Valor to the flag of Aerobrigata.
The pilots who composed it were the following: Cap. DI LOLLO, Ten. PISANO and VEZZI, Mar. BALASSO and ROSSINI, Serg.MALASPINA. In January 1955 the Captain of LOLLO took control of the patrol and the patrol itself became 7 aircraft. The first “official” performance took place on May 19, 1955 in the sky of Modena, followed by a long sequence of performances in Italy and abroad.
Pattuglia Acrobatica “Tigri Bianche”.
The “White Tigers” took part in 52 national events, including the famous MAF 56 (Fiumicino Air Show), where over 1 million people were counted; they were also present at 10 international meetings: Bordeaux, Munich, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Tours, Geneva, Ypenburg, Madrid, Brussels, and Cologne; totaling a total of 236 acrobatic flights.
Republic F84G Thunderjet – Pattuglia Acrobatica “Tigri Bianche”.
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system an Allison J-35-A29 turbojet with 2,000 kg / thrust; wingspan 11.40 m; length 11.50 m; height 3.38 m; wing area 24.15 m2; total weight 10.670 kg; empty 4.495 kg; max speed 1,020 km / h; range 1,600 km; tangency 13.725 m; armament 6 M2 12.7 mm machine guns + 900 kg of bombs or 32 127 mm air-to-ground rockets.
1956 – 1957
Cavallino Rampante
In 1956 the F84G of the acrobatic patrols left the place, for agility and spectacularity, at the F86E Saber. These were the Canadair CL.13 Saber Mk.IV, built in Canada under the North American license, and inherited by the Royal Air Force that had used them for a short time. Famous for his participation in the Korean War, where he had distinguished himself as an interceptor fighter achieving remarkable success against the MIG 15 North Koreans, the Saber entered service in the Italian Air Force in 1956. Among the departments that had him online there was also the 4th Aerobrigata which, just in 1956, once again had the task of setting up an acrobatic team.The livery adopted by the new training of the “Prancing Horse” was particularly lively in red, cream and blue. Initially constituted by four aircraft, to which was added a fifth, the patrol took advantage of the following pilots: Cap. MELOTTI, Ten. SGUERRI, PAGANELLI and FAVRETTO, Serg. Magg. LIVERANI and TURRA.
Famous for his performances in Italy and France, it was one of the first acrobatic skirmishes on Saber and was followed by many others, including the most famous of the Canadian “Golden Hawks” and “Blue Impulse”.
Canadair CL.13 Mk.IV Sabre – Pattuglia Acrobatica “Cavallino Rampante”
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system an General Elettric J47-GE-13 with 2,355 kg / thrust; wingspan 11.43 m; length 11.42 m; height 4.46 m; wing area 26.75 m2; total weight 7.475 kg; empty 4.985 kg; max speed 1,078 km / h; range 1,585 km; tangency 14.720 m; armament 6 M2 12.7 mm machine guns + 906 kg of bombs.
1957 – 1959
Diavoli Rossi
In 1957 the 6th Aerobrigata of Ghedi was equipped with the new Republic F84F Thunderstreak and, under the command of Captain SQUARCINA, the acrobatic team of the “Red Devils” was formed. Composed by Cap. SQUARCINA and CEOLETTA, Ten. ALBERTAZZI, CUMIN, GUIDA, and by Serg. Magg. ANTICOLI, the patrol took its name in deference to the emblem that had distinguished the department since its foundation in the ’30s.
From spring 1957 to May 1959, the acrobatic team of “Red Devils” took part in 59 air shows in Italy and abroad, among them, in only 1958: 11 June in Bitburg in West Germany for the first Congress of NATO’s fighter pilots, on June 27th in Bierset in Belgioper the International Meeting of Nations, on July 3rd in Soestenberg in the Netherlands where they won the race for the best NATO acrobatic team, on 5th October in Aviano for the Open House where competed with the Skyblazers, on October 19 in Seville in Spain for the 10th International Air Festival, on October 26th in Genoa for the Colombian Manifestations, on November 28th in Rome in honor of the Shah of Persia.
Decollo in formazione Diavoli Rossi.
Piloti Pattuglia Diavoli Rossi
In 1959 the patrol was called in the USA. It was the first time that an Italian acrobatic team had the opportunity to perform in front of the North American public. With F84F provided directly by the USAF, they intervened in concomitance with the celebrations of the First World Congress of Flight and Armed Forces Day. They then followed other performances in Las Vegas, Nellis AFB, Andrews AFB, Mc Guire AFB and Long Island.
Republic F84F Thunderstreak – Pattuglia Acrobatica “Diavoli Rossi”
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system a Curtiss-Wright J65-W-3 turbo with 3,533 kg / thrust; wingspan 10.24 m; length 13.32 m; height: 4.37 m; wing area 30.19 m2; total weight 12.727 kg; empty weight 8,790 kg; max speed 1,118 km / h; range 1,304 km; tangency 14.020 m; armament six 12.7 mm Colt Browning machine guns Cal.50 + 2,727 kg of air-to-ground bombs or rockets.
1958 – 1959
Lanceri Neri
In 1958 the “Lanceri Neri” acrobatic training was born at the 2nd Aerobrigata, based on the Cameri airport. Commanded by Captain NENCHA, and mounted on Canadair CL.13 Saber aircraft, the patrol was made up of pilots from the 8th, 13th and 14th Group, becoming famous among the Italian and foreign public as well as for the expertise of the men also for the suggestiveness of the color of the aircraft.
The “Lanceri Neri” performed successfully in Naples, Bitburg, Vicenza, Wethersfield, Aviano, Furstenfeldbruch, Novernich, Verona, Rojan, Catania, Cagliari, Lecce and Foggia. The team ended their cycle of events with a tour in Iran, Teheran, after a long transfer flight. The acrobatic team consisted of: Cap. NENCHA and BONALUMI, Ten. RESCH and TONATI, Sottoten. CARANTI, Serg. Magg. GOLINELLI, FRESCURA and PADOAN, Serg. FROM THE OVEN.
The “Lanceri Neri” was the first acrobatic team in the world to present the entire acrobatic program, including the famous “bomb”, with all six airplanes and to perform most of the acrobatic figures with nine aircraft.
Canadair CL.13 Mk.IV Sabre – Pattuglia Acrobatica “Lanceri Neri”
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system one General Eletric J-47 GE – 13 turbo with 2.360 kg / thrust; wingspan 11.30 m; length 11.43 m; height 4.44 m; wing area 26.75 m2; total weight 7,500 kg; empty 4.545 kg; max speed 1,078 km / h; range 1,645 km; tangency 16.170 m; armament 6 machine guns M2 12.7 mm.
1959 – 1960
Getti Tonanti
In 1959 the acrobatic team of the “Getti Tonanti” returned to prominence, with the Republic F84F Thunderstreak. At the 5th Aerobrigata, based in Rimini, under the command of Captain PICASSO, and composed by the Ten. ORLANDO, CAPACCIOLI and CICERONI, and Serg. Magg. BASCHIROTTO and VILLANI, the team developed all the key themes of the typical repertoire of Italian acrobatic teams. In addition to all the major national events, the “Thundering Jets” were able to be produced abroad in front of the public in West Germany, England, France and Spain. 1960 was the year of the Rome Olympics, and the Olympic circles were chosen as a symbolic motif on the vertical rudders.
The particularity of the “Jet Tonanti” airplanes was constituted by the fact that, each of the five planes, showed a distinctive color and that the coloring scheme was axiomatic on both sides of the fuselage.
Republic F84F Thunderstreak – Pattuglia Acrobatica “Getti Tonanti”
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system a Curtiss-Wright J65-W-3 turbo with 3,533 kg / thrust; wingspan 10.24 m; length 13.32 m; height: 4.37 m; wing area 30.19 m2; total weight 12.727 kg; empty weight 8,790 kg; max speed 1,118 km / h; range 1,304 km; tangency 14.020 m; armament six 12.7 mm Colt Browning machine guns Cal.50 + 2,727 kg of air-to-ground bombs or rockets.
1959 – 1961
La Fenice
Amendola Flight School acrobatic team on four Lockheed T-33A trainers. It was established in 1959 under the auspices of Gen. Duilio FANALI, then commanding general of the Flying Schools, at the initiative of Ten. GHERARDI. The Col. SPADACCINI and TORRIANI (Ms. ROSICA commanding the Flight Department), the commanders of Amendola, were immediately in agreement.
The workouts were afternoon (after the daily flight activity). The patrol began at the end of 1959, on the occasion of the delivery of the eagles. In 1960, the Ten. CORDELLA (who took over from GHERARDI who had been sent to the United States) refined the program to include the “bomb”. In 1961 the Magg. PETROZIELLO took over, until the end of the patrol activity.
Program: take-off, transformation in right wing, 3/4 looping, transformation in single file, right leaf, gooseneck transformation, right leaf, square transformation, square looping, rhombus transformation, rhombus looping, inversion with transformation in Indian row, tonneau, bomb, reunion and landing.
Lockheed T33A
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system an Allison J33-A-35 turbo with 2,000 kg / thrust; wingspan 11.85 m; length 11.51 m; height 3.56 m; wing area 22.02 m2; total weight 6.471 kg; empty 3.367; max speed 965 km / h; range 2,052 km .; tangency 14,480 m; armament two 12.7mm Cal.0.50 machine guns.
Fine anni ‘60 Pattuglia Acrobatica della S.V.B.I.A.
Towards the end of the ’60s, along the lines of what was done in Amendola, also the Initial Basic Flight School Aviogetti of Lecce-Galatina (later destined to take on the new designation of 61st Wing), constituted its own “unofficial” acrobatic team “. Mounted on four Aermacchi training aircraft MB.326 the patrol, also destined to remain in business for a not too long period, was constituted by pilots instructors of the School. Also for this team, acrobatic training took place at the end of daily activity. The flight program of the patrol, which performed during important institutional visits and the delivery of the patents to the pilots students, provided for a good part of the repertoire of collective aerobatics including the execution of the bomb and the subsequent crossing.
Aermacchi MB.326 – Pattuglia Acrobatica Scuola Volo Basico Iniziale Aviogetti.
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system a Rolls Royce Viper 9 turbo with 862 kg / thrust; wingspan 10.56 m; length 10.66 m; height: 3.54 m; wing area 19 m2; total weight 3,320 kg; empty weight 2,237 kg; max speed 770 km / h; range 1,110 km (transfer); tangency 12,200 m.
1960
Pattuglia acrobatica del 1° Stormo
Nel 1960 venne costituita, sull’aeroporto di Pisa, la pattuglia acrobatica del 1° Stormo Caccia Ogni Tempo dotata di quattro velivoli FIAT (North American) F86K “Kappone”. La pattuglia era formata dai seguenti piloti: Capitano PATERNICO’, i Ten. MONETA CAGLIO, BARBERI, MARCON e MAZZARELLA, Serg. PIMENOFF.
Given the characteristics of the aircraft, an all-weather interceptor fighter with radar, the patrol flight program consisted essentially of takeoff and landing carried out by two aircraft in the same runway coming from different directions, high speed rhomb passages, loopings and tonneaux in formation that ended with supersonic sinks.The short existence of this patrol ended within the same year of its establishment, when, consequently to the entry into service of the Nike Ajax land-air missile system.
Fiat 86K "Kappone"
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system: a General Eletric J-47 GE-17B turbojet of 2,460 kg / thrust (3,400 kg with post burner); wingspan 11.92 m; length 12.47 m; height 4.57 m; wing area 29.113 m2; total weight 9.148 kg; empty 6.062 kg; max speed 1,113 km / h; range 1,200 km; tangency 15.118 m; armament four 20mm cannons + two air-to-air missiles AIM-9B Sidewinder.
1961
Dal Cavallino Rampante alle Frecce Tricolori
Towards the end of 1960, while the 4th Aerobrigata was getting ready to receive the acrobatic team again, the Italian Air Force came to the decision to create a permanent base for the acrobatic team. The reasons that pushed the Armed Force in this direction were essentially two: the costs that derive from the management of a staff of men and machines weighed in ever greater measure on the budget of the single department, and the increasing operational commitments that more and more difficult to engage energy for this particular training.
The 313st Acrobatic Training Autonomous Group was established as of 1 March 1961, based on Rivolto nel Friuli. The new patrol consisted of six pilots (5 + 1 soloist), coming from the 4th Aerobrigata that in 1961 was the owner. Commanded by Maggiore SQUARCINA the team consisted of: Cap. PISANO, Ten. FERRI, PANARIO and SABBATINI, Sottoten. LEARNED, VIANELLO and PINATO. On 3 March the aircraft arrived, F86E Saber with the emblem of the Prancing Horse at the rear, which were initially repainted with a first livery inspired by that of the Black Lanceri.
Canadair CL.13 Mk.IV Sabre – Pattuglia Acrobatica Nazionale PAN.
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system one General Eletric J-47 GE – 13 turbo with 2.360 kg / thrust; wingspan 11.30 m; length 11.43 m; height 4.44 m; wing area 26.75 m2; total weight 7,500 kg; empty 4.545 kg; max speed 1,078 km / h; range 1,645 km; tangency 16.170 m; armament 6 machine guns M2 12.7 mm.
On 1 May, the first official exhibition on the Trento airport was carried out, under the name of PAN National Aerobatic Team.
This was followed, on May 28, the trip to Strasbourg in France. On 1 July the patrol officially became the 313 ° Acrobatic Training Group and, as the pilots came from the 4th Aerobrigata, the “Pony” radio station was chosen as the radio station of the Department. For the performances two flight programs were prepared: one with a high profile to be implemented in optimal atmospheric conditions with the base of the clouds not less than 6000 feet (2 Km), and one with a low profile for bad weather conditions with the base of the clouds at 400 m.
On the fuserage of the Sabers, in 1961, a livery was applied with a rhombus containing a black arrow and then replaced with one with three white and red arrows. The new and more captivating livery meant that the patrol, with a formation expanded to nine aircraft, assumed the name of “Le Frecce Tricolori”.
FIAT G.91 PAN – Pattuglia Acrobatica Nazionale – Frecce Tricolori.
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system a Bristol Siddeley Orpheus 803 turbojet with 2,270 kg / thrust; wingspan 8.56 m; length 10.30 m; height: 4.00 m; wing area 16.42 m2; total weight 5,500 kg; empty weight 3,688 kg; max speed 1,045 km / h; range 1,800 km; tangency 12,200 m; armament four 12.7 mm Colt Browning Cal.50 machine guns + 680 kg of air-to-ground bombs or rockets.
On December 28, 1963, the PAN was equipped with new aircraft of national design and production: the FIAT G.91PAN. This was the modified pre-series version of the FIAT G.91 light tactical bomber fighter, which, in those years, was on the line in the Italian Air Force departments. Fast and very manageable, the G.91 allowed the PAN to develop a new and more exciting acrobatic program, which garnered the appreciation and enthusiasm from both the workers and the public. Starting from the 1966 season, the formation of the patrol was extended and modified with the official introduction of the tenth airplane. For nineteen years the combination Frecce Tricolori / FIAT G.91 PAN constituted Italian excellence in aerial acrobatics. In the early 1980s, due to the G.91PAN radiation, some G.91R-1Bs were also used in the modified version of G.91R / PAN.
On 6 January 1982 the new Aermacchi MB.339PAN were handed over to the PAN. These planes, more agile than the previous ones because they were born as training aircraft, were modified for the particular needs of the PAN and equipped with an always updated avionics. In over 35 years of using the MB.339PAN, with hundreds of performances, it should be noted the flight of the Atlantic in July of 1986 which, carried out by 12 airplanes with relative 22 exhibitions in 11 locations in the United States and Canada, ended the September 16th. In 1992 the Frecce Tricolori returned to America to perform a celebratory tour on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Christopher Columbus’s America.
The Frecce Tricolori performed in Eastern Europe for the first time in Blatislava, Slovakia, on September 5, 92. In 1993 it was the tour of the Middle East, with performances in Dubay, Kuwait City and Doha. In 1995, they followed a tour in the Baltic republics and many other performances in the East including Russia in 2003 in Moscow. With an acrobatic program that is continuously updated, the Frecce Tricolori are highly sought after and appreciated both in Italy and abroad, always enjoying great success.
Aermacchi MB.339 PAN – Pattuglia Acrobatica Nazionale – Frecce Tricolori.
Dimensions and characteristics
Propulsion system a turbojet Rolls Royce Viper Mk. 632-43 from 1,814 kg / push; wingspan 10.85 m; length 10.97 m; height: 3.99 m; wing area 19.30 m2; total weight 5.895 kg; empty weight 3,125 kg; max speed 898 km / h; range 3,600 km (transfer); tangency 13.00 m.
Loved by the public of Italian and foreign fans, so as to have as many as 135 Official Clubs dedicated to them, the Frecce Tricolori are preparing to receive the M.345 PAN, an aircraft with which they will replace the beloved MB.339 PAN, to live a new and exciting chapter of their history.
