Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72

PRESS RELEASE Friday, September 22nd, at the evocative setting of the renovated MUSAM (Museo Storico dell’Aeronautica Militare) in Vigna di Valle, the prestigious ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Landmark award ceremony was held for […]

Over the last few years, Vintage Aviation News has covered the impressive efforts underway in Italy to build a replica of the majestic Savoia-Marchetti S.55X flying boat for eventual static display at the Volandia Museum, […]

On April, 10 1933 at Lago di Garda, Brescia, Italy, Warrant Officer Francesco Agello, Regia Aeronautica, flew the Macchi-Castoldi M.C. 72, MM 177, the first of five float planes in the series, over a 3-kilometer […]