Tag: Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72

“Awakening of the Myth” – Fiat AS.6 Engine of Macchi-Castoldi Fame Roars to Life!

2023 marked the centenary of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI), Italy's Air Force. However, despite…

Macchi MC-72 Receives Prestigious American Society of Mechanical Engineers Award

PRESS RELEASE Friday, September 22nd, at the evocative setting of the renovated MUSAM (Museo Storico…

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Operation M.C.72 – Recreating a World Speed Record Holding Seaplane

Over the last few years, Vintage Aviation News has covered the impressive efforts underway in…

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Today in Aviation History – Agello Sets World’s Speed Record

On April, 10 1933 at Lago di Garda, Brescia, Italy, Warrant Officer Francesco Agello, Regia…

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Today in Aviation History -Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72, The World’s Fastest Piston-Powered Seaplane

By Luigino Caliaro. On October 23rd eighty years ago, Francesco Agello and the Macchi Castoldi…

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