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Alenia Aermacchi announces the first flight of the Italian Air Force T-346A plane

Venegono Superiore, Italy - Lasted 40 minutes

The first M-346 aircraft produced for the Italian Air Force (ITAF) had a successful first flight yesterday, 31 March 2011. The ITAF has designated the plane as the T-346A. Flown by Chief Test Pilot Quirino Bucci, the aircraft took off at 4 p.m. from Venegono (Varese), the home airfield of Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company controlled by Alenia Aeronautica. The flight lasted 40 minutes and...

fra/pec - 1127753
Rome, Italy, 04/01/2011 20:02
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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