Another view, frontal this time, of an all silver Fiat BR.20 I series of Malpensa Bomber Flight School (see other news in Italian Forces section). In background the hangar’s line. Victor Sierra

Malpensa Flight School

A recce plane Caproni Ca.310 “Libeccio” , aircraft Number 12 (MAL-12), of Malpensa Bomber Flight School warming up this engines on tarmac in grass of the airport. In background an aircraft of same type. Camouflage and insignias 1939-first half 1940. Victor Sierra

Malpensa’s “Libeccio”

Trapani, Sicily, August 1940. An Italian fighter pilot boarding on Macchi MC.200 “Saetta” of 1st Stormo “Arciere” (“Archer”). The aircraft is a MC.200 First Series with enclosed cockpit and sliding canopy, a solution not loved by pilots accustomed to open cockpit and which encountered some difficulties to open the canopy in case of emergency. The 1st Stormo was of-fact the first unit of the Regia Aeronautica exploiting the “Saetta” in true war missions of the war after a first series of changes to airframe for resolve many of troubles encountered after the entry into the service of new fighter. Like the adoption of a new airfoil for correct the tendency to entry in autorotation and the difficult for recovery from the spin, cause of many serious accidents. Victor Sierra