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September 8, 1943 73a Squadriglia, belonging to the 9th Gruppo of 4° Stormo, was based at Gioia del Colle from August 28th, 1943 confirmed both sides.

Jerry Yagen. He hates publicizing his new restorations, keeping them almost secret. I recall when the Mosquito was being restored in New Zealand as word got out and there was a race to get it flying first. Scouring for parts around the world, wouldn't you know it prices were doubling fast!

That came directly from Macchi chief test pilot Franco Brisolini during flight tests in 1980. Also a quote but not complete shows if there was issues, tests would have brought that forward, but apparently it impressed and was one of the finest aircraft he ever flown capable to anything the...

Series 5 tests conclusions.

They did look similar, however, they where completely different. Larger in size, wings, moments, washout, placements, airfoils, still keeping with the look though. The p-40, p-47 and Reggiane are based on the Seversky P-35.

You are soon going to get your wish!! Jerry is currently restoring a G55 to fly with the original DB605!! Jerry said 426mph which comes from Fiat who provided all the drawings to restore his plane!!!

I do not see where the inefficiency are at least in combat? The first series were known as the 202's which had a less powerful engine. Then the 205's with a slightly newer wing and more powerful engine. This did not degrade in loss of performance in the series III 205 fighter. Of course if you...

According to Macchi in Venegono and three interviews with pilots testing, it was solved, mostly having to do with moments and washout. The Macchi 205 was easy to recover from spins as reported from pilots. All airplanes can be put into a flat spin and very few could actually recover from a...

Yes as Johnson would have had with the Germans. I guess as long as they're not shooting back at you, have inferior aircraft and are unskilled you could have a point. But I think unlikely from RAF and USA.

This was only true for the 200 series. It was fixed with the 202 and 205 series.

On the Africa front.

Ineffective?? They were some of the best fighters of the war. They were used by countries until the early 60s. The Germans wanted to mass-produce them to replace the 109 and 190. They were heavily armed with two cannons and two machine guns. Some had three cannons. They could reach altitudes of...