Warbird Information Exchange

A new friend sent me one of the photos from his collection. I informed him he needs to get on here and start posting some of these unique aircraft.
Here is some history behind the flight with this and 23 other aircraft.
http://clarenville.newfoundland.ws/Clar_Balbo.asp

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Ah yes, There we were, left engine on fire, right engine feathered...ahh yes,...there we were, ..Screwed! No Kissing!

The sole survivor has just gone on display at the TAM Museum Brazil, christened 'Jahu' it is the aircraft flown by Barros from Europe to Sth America in 1927.

Dave

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i have a signed flight cover of balbo honoring this flight. the condition is very good, & his penmanship is beautiful. signed w/ a quill pen. from the collection i'm brokering for a client. details on the aerobatics / air racing thread.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

I always thought the flight went farther West than Chicago. No?

I believe your thinking of De Pinedo's earlier visit in 1927 of the S.55 "Santa Maria" delayed by a fire during refueling
in Arizona. The following link gives a good account of Pinedo's travels...
http://www.italysti.com/pride/page11.htm

(Medina Lake must've been larger than I remembered it.)

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A great picture!
25 aircraft left Orbotello, but one of them crashed during landing at the stop in the Netherlands, killing one of the crewmembers... The aircraft were flying in groups, each aircraft was marked with balls or stars on the tailplanes, in different colors .