{"id":368,"date":"2017-06-05T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T18:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/?p=368"},"modified":"2025-12-03T22:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:17:46","slug":"volafenice-flying-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/?p=368&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Volafenice flying museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Short visit to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volafenice.it\/\" target=\"_blank\">Volafenice<\/a> flying museum, founded by italian enterpreneur Renzo Catellani, based on Reggio Emilia airport.<\/p>\n<p>The group became famous for restoring an Aermacchi MB.326E to airworthiness.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4735_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Rear cockpit<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4752_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The group owns another airworthy jet, an Hunting Jet Provost T.3A.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4747_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Cockpit<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4835_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Currently they are restoring an Aermacchi MB.326K, single seat attack version of the MB.326 for the export market. As far as I know, only 2 aircraft entered service with the Italian Air Force, both serving with the Reparto Sperimentale Volo (Flight Test Wing) instead of operational wings.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4738_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Cockpit<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4829_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>They are currently rebuilding also a Piaggio P.148 trainer&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4756_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and a Saiman 202, general aviation airplane built before WW2. During the visit only few ribs were visible.<\/p>\n<p>In the &#8220;on hold&#8221; hangar there were another Piaggio P.148&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4809_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Cockpit<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4812_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and a Fiat G.91R light attack plane.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4823_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The group owns also a CAP 10 aerobatic plane&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4764_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Cockpit<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4753_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and a Cessna L-19 Bird Dog liaison plane which flew with the Italian Army:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/coppfold\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/_MG_4801_030617.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short visit to the Volafenice flying museum, founded by italian enterpreneur Renzo Catellani, based on Reggio Emilia airport. The group became famous for restoring an Aermacchi MB.326E to airworthiness. Rear cockpit The group owns another airworthy jet, an Hunting Jet Provost T.3A. Cockpit Currently they are restoring an Aermacchi MB.326K, single seat attack version of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/?p=368&#038;lang=en\" class=\"more-link\">Continua la lettura di <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Volafenice flying museum<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,5],"tags":[445,447,449],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-museums","category-spotting-report","tag-326-en","tag-reggio-emilia-en","tag-volafenice-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfvictorspotting.it\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}