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Open Day at Pratica di Mare base for an official "good bye" for the F-104

Pratica di Mare, Italy - 500.000 attendees and the most important institutions for seeing for the last time the fighter which defended Italy during decades

Pratica di Mare base's Open Day occurred on May 29-30 in order to watch the F-104 Starfighter of the Italian Air Force flying for the last time. On May 29 the base has been exclusively opened for handicapped people being able to watch aircraft on the ground (some 130) together with their own relatives and Italian Air Force's personnel. On May 30 instead, with the participation of the most important...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 63988
Rome, Italy, 05/31/2004 13:22
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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