Flightpath AugustSeptemberOctober 2017

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taly’sFlyPartyisorganisedbyHAG(HistoricalAircraftGroup)incol-
laborationwiththeAvioClubofMontagnana,theAeroClubofItalyand
several other smaller organisations.
It is held on Montagnana airfield, near the historic wall city of Mon-
tagnana,intheprovinceofPadua,northernItaly,overtheweekendof24-25
June. Over the past nine years, the event has grown in prominence on the
Italian and European airshow scene.
Almost 100 aircraft and pilots from all over Italy and other parts of Eu-
rope gathered at this little regional airport to spend two days flying and
promotingaviation.Withapredictedheatwavepotentiallyreducingcrowd
numbers,organiserswiselytrimmedthebookingsofsomeplannedinterna-
tional displays. However, the Swiss Pilatus P-3 Warbird Team brought five
aircrafttotheevent.AustrianFredKroissenbrunnerflewforfourhoursin
his L-19 Birddog to join three local examples, including event organiser An-
drea Rossetto’s newly restored O-1 ‘Mekong Mauler’.
Next year will be the tenth anniversary and organisers are considering a
change of date so as to hold the Fly Party during the first week of Septem-
ber when the weather is much cooler.Rob Fox

Fly Party

Montagnana

LEFT:Flypast of the Aviamilano

P.19, two Aermacchi MB.308s, and

the PT-17 Stearman.

BELOW: A Piaggio P.166C touches

down after its display.

[All images Rob Fox]

MIDDLE: The Lycoming 0-540 powered

L-5 Super Stinson using all of its 235hp

(175kW)ontheSTOLtake-off.

BOTTOM:Stinson 108-1 NC97966 (serial

966) showing off its 150hp (112kW)

Franklin 6A4-150-B3 powerplant.

ABOVE:The Boeing PT-17 Stearman ‘Noisy Boy’.

RIGHT:Andrea Rossetto’s O-1 Birddog. The
ex-Italian Air Force Cessna has been finished as
the Vietnam War-era ‘Mekong Mauler’.