The wind sleeve indicate strong wind on Italian airfield during the WW2. In background a landing Macchi MC.202 fighter aircraft. Another image of ages ago when, without radio or control tower, were mandatory control the wind speed and direction through the wind sleeve and the runway in use trough the T landing. In theory the wind sleeve and the other ground signals still existing, but in fact are superseded and cancelled by the size of the modern airports, the radio communications and the radar control. Victor Sierra

Wind sleeve

A smoke candle for indicate wind speed and direction to landing aircrafts on an classic Italian grass airfield (the planes are Macchi MC.200 “Saetta” fighter). Another practice in use when the absence of radio communications, control tower and air navigation services were quite natural as the signal code, ex. wind sleeve and landing T. On some little airports this practice, today disappeared, was in use until the half ’60 before the mandatory use of the radio for all airports and for all aircraft. Victor Sierra



Old-time practices 

The Viceroy and Governor-General of the Italian East Africa and also Commander-in-Chief of Italian armed forces in this theater, Prince Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, Duca d’Aosta (Duke of Aosta), going down on an Italian East African airfield from its personal aircraft: the IMAM-Romeo Ro.37bis fuselage code 110-12 in service with the 110th Squadriglia Ricognizione Terrestre (Land Reconnaissance). At the time of the choice of the markings for the Ro.37bis of its Vigna di Valle’s Museum, a wreck discovered in Afghanistan and completely restored, the Italian Air Force has decided to give to this aircraft the same colors and insignias of the Duke of Aosta’s airplane. Victor Sierra