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Homage to the engineer Ermanno Bazzocchi.
One of the most greater planners of the Italian aeronautical history are extinguished to the 91 year-old age. And' a big loss for the aeronautical world. In the Italian aeronautical panorama it is known as the planner of the airplane of the it Acrobatic Italian Team "Frecce Tricolori", the Macchi MB 339. It was one of the last planners that it put the signature to the aircrafts from him projected, the famous letter "B", that followed the letter "M" which distinguishes the aircrafts AerMacchi. The letter "B" it replaced the glorious letter "C" of the engineer Mario Castodi, planner of the run seaplanes AerMacchi (winning run seaplanes of the Cup Schneider and holders of the record of speed for pistons seaplanes, with the aircraft MC 72. This record still withstands). Bazzocchi began to work in AerMacchi in 1941. He worked together with the engineer Castoldi. After the end of the war Bazzocchi allowed the rebirth of the Italian general aviation, with the project of the tourism airplane MB 308 "Macchino". The engineer Bazzocchi allowed the Aermacchi to remain one of the firms symbol in the aeronautical world, thanks to the project of the training jet MB 326. Such aircraft was a true success. This aircraft was used by the Italian Aeronautic. The aircraft was exported in Tunisia, in Ghana, in South Africa, in Australia, in Brazil. In South africa the aircraft was produced on license in 324 samples. In Brazil for the production of the aircraft the Embraer was founded; this Company is now one of the most greater aeronautical industries. Such industry was born however as clone of the AerMacchi. The aircraft MB 326 were used in acrobatic team of the South Africa. To the airplane MB 326 followed the MB 339. Such aircraft was another success. It was essentially based on the architecture of the MB 326, with the change of the anterior part of the fuselage that foresaw places of pilotage climbed in height. Such aircraft became the airplane of the "Frecce tricolori", the Acrobatic Italian Team. The aircraft had been born as training jet. The aircraft was also efficient in the Argentinian aerial strengths during the war of the Falklands-Malvinases. In such war it inflicted serious damages to the strengths naval English. This was due to the elevated manegevolezza of the aircraft. The speed of flight of the aircraft MB 339 can be both tall and very low. For this motive, after the 11/09 tragedy, the aircraft is used in italia for contrastre the threats of the light aircrafts and of the ultralights above the city of Rome.The engineer Ermanno Bazzocchi was a true leader, authoritative and not authoritarian.He left an imprint in the world aeronautical history.The pilots that learned to fly on the aircrafts planned by the engineer Bazzocchi are numerous. These pilots remember engineer Bazzocchi's aircrafts with melancholy.

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