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OLDTIMERS

Some images of aircraft that I had flown as a student or pilot, in the past century!

PIPER J-3: the first flight (1951)

AVIA FL-3: "I-MARR" the first solo flight (1961)

(I-ALEX is C-65 powered and currently under restoration)

JODEL D-11: "I-JUNA" (1962)

The kid in the cockpit is now trying to build a KR-2S.

MACCHI B.308

Clean but slightly underpowered (85hp).

I-JOLE, one of the few still active, photographed in 1997.

MACCHI 416 (FOKKER S.11)

The first (and last) "warbird" (1962)

BUCKER Bü.131 (I-BRIK)

The first "loop"

MRAZ M1.D Sokol (I-DELI)

The first retractable u/c (hand operated, of course)

AVIAMILANO P-19tr (1969)

CESSNA-REIMS F-150L (1982)
"I-NOLT"

CESSNA C-172

PIPER PA-28 140D (1985)
"I-ICES"

ULTRALIGHTS

The first flown (Sky Walker, 1989)

The first, and last, owned. (Avid Flyer, 1990)

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PIPER J-3: the first flight (1951)
AVIA FL-3: "I-MARR" the first solo flight (1961) (I-ALEX is C-65 powered and currently under restoration)
JODEL D-11: "I-JUNA" (1962) The kid in the cockpit is now trying to build a KR-2S.
MACCHI B.308 Clean but slightly underpowered (85hp). I-JOLE, one of the few still active, photographed in 1997.
MACCHI 416 (FOKKER S.11) The first (and last) "warbird" (1962)
BUCKER Bü.131 (I-BRIK) The first "loop"
MRAZ M1.D Sokol (I-DELI) The first retractable u/c (hand operated, of course)
AVIAMILANO P-19tr (1969)
CESSNA-REIMS F-150L (1982) "I-NOLT"
CESSNA C-172
PIPER PA-28 140D (1985) "I-ICES"
ULTRALIGHTS The first flown (Sky Walker, 1989) The first, and last, owned. (Avid Flyer, 1990)