Italian Air Force Museum

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Italian Air Force Museum
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Established 1977
Location Bracciano
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Type Aviation museum
Director Ten. Col. Pierluigi Poletti
Website Italian Air Force Museum

The Italian Air Force Museum is an aircraft museum at Vigna di Valle, on Lake Bracciano (Lazio), in central Italy. It is operated by the Aeronautica Militare. The museum houses an excellent collection, as listed below, with an emphasis on Italian machines and seaplanes. While maintaining the technical and historical museum is dedicated to the influence it has had the Italian aviation art, featuring works by Futurist painters Pietro Annigoni, Giacomo Balla, Tato; and contemporary art. The work 'FLIGHT Papiers froissés (literally crumpled paper) by Antonio Papasso.

Collection

Propeller aircraft

Ansaldo SVA 5
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Fiat G.55 of ANR (background with lake Bracciano)

Glider

Jet aircraft

Helicopters

Engines

Piston engines

Fiat AS.6

Jet engines

See also

Sources

External links

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