Italian Air Force Museum

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Italian Air Force Museum
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Italian Air Force Museum
Established1977
Location Bracciano
Coordinates 42°05′06″N12°13′02″E / 42.085049°N 12.217108°E / 42.085049; 12.217108
Type Aviation museum
DirectorTen. Col. Pierluigi Poletti
Website Italian Air Force Museum
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Aerial view of museum

The Italian Air Force Museum is an aircraft museum at Vigna di Valle, on Lake Bracciano (Lazio), in central Italy. It is operated by the Aeronautica Militare . The museum's collection has an emphasis on Italian machines and seaplanes. While maintaining the technical and historical aspects, the museum is also dedicated to the influence aviation has had on Italian art, featuring works by Futurist painters Pietro Annigoni, Giacomo Balla, and Tato; and contemporary art such as Flight: Papiers froissés (literally crumpled paper) by Antonio Papasso.

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Collection

Propeller aircraft

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Ansaldo SVA 5
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Fiat G.55 of ANR (background with lake Bracciano)

Gliders

Jet aircraft

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Campini-Caproni C.C.2

Helicopters

Engines

Piston engines

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Fiat AS.6

Jet engines

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Sources

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