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Serial #: MM53772 Construction #: 179 Civil Registration: N59B VH-LIX |
Model(s): G.59-4B Name: Ciao Bella Status: Airworthy Last info: 2007 |
History:
Museo Storico dell'Aeronautica Militaire, Practica d'Mare AB, Italy, 1970-1983.
- Stored as RS-25.
- Auctioned, derelict, at Naples-Capo di Chinos, November 1983.
Pino Valenti, Venice, Italy, November 1983.
Guido Zuccoli, Darwin NT Australia, November 1983-1997.
- Shipped from Italy to Chino, CA for rebuild, 1984.
- Fitted with Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.
- Registered as N59B, July 31, 1987.
- First flight, September 2, 1987.
- Flew as "Ciao Bella".
- Shipped from California to Darwin, Australia, August 1988.
- Registered as VH-LIX, September 5, 1989.
- Flew in Italian AF scheme as G.59-B "Ciao Bella".
- Converted to single seat, 1994.
Lynette Zuccoli/Zuccoli Classic Aircraft Collection, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, June 1997-2008.
- Flown in Italian AF camouflage.
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008. |
Photo Source(s): Ian McDonell Research Assistance: - |
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