Ozzano, Italy 25-03-2019

[andygolfer]

I made a brief stop here yesterday on my way to Bologna airport for my flight home and thanks to Claudio (Pegasus) found the right person to get a walk round and a visit to the museum hangar which he kindly unlocked for me -There a nice Stearman inside which flys occasionally and there was also an Extra and an unidentified glider under sheets plus a couple of vehicles etc.

lets start with a rotary subject, I-X048 is the first and as far as I can find the only Curti Aerospace Zefhir flying, it arrived just at the right moment and was put into one of the hangars soon afterwards, it's the first helicopter to have used an emergency parachute system in the case of an engine failure..http://zefhir.eu/safety/ It wasn't carrying the parachute pod when I saw it though....
I-X048 Curti Aerospace Zefhir cn.001 Ozzano 25-03-2019 8890 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I-X048 Curti Aerospace Zefhir cn.001 Ozzano 25-03-2019 8893 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

one of the Stearman
N97X Boeing A-75N1 Stearman, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8903 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and the Extra...
D-EXBX Extra EA.300LC, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8905 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

some incumbents of the other hangars...
hangar contents, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8912 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I-B578 Tecnam P.92, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8901 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and outside
I-OZZD Tecnam P.2008 300795, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8888 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I-SRIT Cirrus SR.20, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8886 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Ozzano is a Cirrus service centre and there were numerous examples of the 22 series around
N999KS Cirrus SR.22 Turbo X, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8862 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N600LB Cirrus SR.22 TS, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8864 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N885SR Cirrus SR.22, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8866 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N388AP Cirrus SR.22, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8867 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N186DG Cirrus SR.22, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8879 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

D-EICV Cirrus SR.22, Ozzano 25-03-2019 8918 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

there are a few more in my flickr album https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 7803767334 and would have been even more of some -22s round the back of the hangars had I not knocked my lens onto manual focus without realising!

(the album says Ozzano and Bologna - the BLQ photos will be there later on)

C&C welcome
Andy

[pegasus]

My compliments Andy...... home is ever very nice for me !!!!! Grazie Ciaoo e alla prossima occasione Ciaoooo

[Mike]

Nice shots Andy, the weather looks rather good for photography.

[Paultojo]

Very nice Andy

[andygolfer]

Nice shots Andy, the weather looks rather good for photography.

thanks Mike, the weather was very nice - 25 degrees and sunny. Also good for sitting around in the garden eating fine food and drinking some excellent local wines - found an excellent Sangiovese from Romagna and an equally good Montepulciano from a bit futher afield. I didn't want to come home!

Will have to get back to Ozzano again soon, I would have had more photos except sometime just before we left I accidentally knocked my auto focus switch to manual so the last few were fuzzy meaning a few Cirruses went un-recorded as far as decent photos were concerned .

thanks for the comments Claudio and Paul

Andy

[pegasus]

Andy AIRPLANES and GREAT FOOD .... FRIENDS the maximum for an aviation enthusiast .... The place is right !!!!! :

[Wallie]

Blue chopper and orange helmets. Nice.....