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Photos: Archivio Frecce Tricolori
                                                                                                                                                                                AIRCRAFT MB339 – PAN


      One of the fundamentals of our activity, perhaps the most important of

      all, is safety in flight, and we pay almost maniacal attention to it in all our                                                                      0.8/470                                                 +7G/-3G
      operations, from the time we start our engines to when we shut them down

      at the end of a flight.
                                                                                                                                                               MA/KTS – MAXIMUM SPEED                                           LIMIT LOAD

                                                                                                                                                  1800                           1140                        4315                             98







                                                                                                                                               KG – MAXIMUM ENGINE THRUST       NM – MAXIMUM RANGE           KG – TAKEOFF WEIGHT          KTS – LANDING SPEED

                                                                                                                                                10.972







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                                                                                                                                                          0       1       2               4               6               8               10             12











      so we are only at the airfield a couple of days a week. Each has  all maneuvers within well defined limits and parameters, which
      its own characteristics, but both periods are fast paced and keep  are all the more stringent when flying in formation. More than
      us constantly busy. We are able to do our work thanks also to the  adrenaline, I would speak of total focus on piloting the aircraft.
      precious help of the Armed Forces units assigned to support us:
      the 2nd Airborne Squadron, stationed at the Rivolto base, and   CC: How important is it to feel you are part of a team
      the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa for transport of materials and tech - and how difficult is it to lead it?
      nical personnel during the  aerobatic season.                 GF: I would say it is everything: we are a team, we think as
                                                                a team, and we put the group before the individual, always. It
          CC: What is your relationship with speed and adrenaline? is a value that you learn and share from the very first day in the
          GF:  Being  a  Frecce  Tricolori  pilot  does  not  mean  we  love  Aerobatic Squadron—and I would say, more generally, in the en-
      thrills and have little regard for danger, quite the contrary. One  tire Air Force. I keep it firmly in mind in my role as commander,
      of the fundamentals of our activity, perhaps the most important  in my actions, and in my relations with all personnel. I do feel           19.30                                                             10.25
      of all, is safety in flight, and we pay almost maniacal attention  the weight of the responsibility that my role entails, but what is
      to it in all our operations, from the time we start our engines to  stronger is the pride of leading a group of people whom I see as
      when we shut them down at the end of a flight. This is a mindset   being exceptional for their professionalism, passion, and total               2
      shared throughout the Air Force: the pilot is trained to carry out  dedication to the task assigned them.                                      M  –  WING AREA                                                    M – WINGSPAN



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