100 years of Italian air force - Program in Lucca
Friday September 1:
17:00 - Inauguration of the Traveling Exhibition and the Centenary Celebrations that will be held during the month in the presence of the public authorities. Presentation and distribution of coins from the minting of the Ancient Mint of Lucca on the Centenary with a medal on Vincenzo Lunardi, precursor of flight (tribute to the CSMA).
18:30 - Underground Casemate of San Donato, piazzale Verdi - Inauguration of the exhibition - l'Aeronautica Militare nelle medaglie di Luciano Zanelli - the Italian Air Force in Luciano Zanelli's medals(until 8 October). Organized by the Ancient Mint Foundation of Lucca.
Saturday September 2:
17.00 - Talk on 100 years of the Italian Air Force with the participation of General Basilio Di Martino and journalist Francesco Semprini (New York x Sky correspondent and war correspondent for La Stampa).
Moderated by Fabrizio Vincenti (in Italian).
Sunday September 3:
10:30 / 17:00 - Piazzale della Cavallerizza. Exhibition of 15 vintage Ferraris in homage to the Prancing Horse and Francesco Baracca.
18:00 - Piazzale della Cavallerizza - Rhythmic gymnastics exhibition by the Farfalle Azzurre of the Italian Air Force.
Friday September 8:
17:00 – Theatre performance on the flight of Samuele Bonanni by the Guarnieri Theater Association in collaboration with the Historical Archive of the City of Lucca (in Italian).
17:30 – Book presentation on Gabriele d'Annunzio and the flight “Le ali di d'Annunzio” with the author Daniele Dell'Orco (in Italian).
21:00 - Teatro del Giglio - Concert by the Italian Air Force band.
Saturday September 9:
Day on Aeronautics and Games curated by Lucca Crea.
4:00 pm - Inauguration of the exhibition of aeropainting works by Uberto Bonetti, futurist painter
17:00 - Conference on Uberto Bonetti and aeropainting with Adriana Bonetti and Enrico Bittoto (in Italian).
Sunday September 10:
Day on Aeronautics and Games curated by Lucca Crea.
17:00 - Talk/conference on Italo Balbo and the Atlantics with projection of historical videos (in Italian).
Marco Di Cocco of the Italian Air Force Historical Office and General Filippo Monti.
Friday September 15:
Oculus stations for virtual flight available to the public (by Ufficio Storico AM).
17:00 - Conference on the Lucca airport system: Sistema aeroportuale lucchese: l'idroscalo di Torre del Lago, l'aeroporto di Tassignano e quello di Viareggio - the seaplane base of Torre del Lago, the airports of Tassignano and that of Viareggio, Professor Paolo Farina (in Italian).
Colonel Vittorio Lino Biondi moderates.
17:00 - Talk on the Air Force in World War II with the participation of General Basilio Di Martino and the historian Gastone Breccia. Moderated by Fabrizio Vincenti (in Italian).
Saturday September 16:
Oculus station for virtual flight (by the AM Historical Office).
16:00 - terraces of the Walls facing the Paratrooper Launch Exhibition.
17:00 - Presentation of the biography of Carlo del Prete.
Speakers are the author Paolo Pescucci, Colonel Carlo Paciaroni and Alessandra del Prete.
Moderated by Susanne E. L. Probst (in Italian)
Sunday 17 September:
Oculus station for virtual flight (by the AM Historical Office).
17:00 - Presentation of the book on local aviators in collaboration with the Lucca section of the Air Force.
Speakers are the author Giorgio Giorgi, Alessandro Garbini (in Italian).
Colonel Vittorio Lino Biondi moderates.
Closing of the Aeropainting exhibition.
Thursday 21 September:
11:00 - Presentation of cartoons for middle school kids at the Exhibition (by the AM Historical Office) with cartoonist Francesco Archidiacono.
Friday 22 September:
11.00 am - Meeting of high school students with authors and actors of the show "“L'Ultimo volo dello Sparviero" and with a pilot in service with the Italian Air Force;
21:00 - Monologue "L'Ultimo volo dello Sparviero" performed by Elisa Baio (in Italian).
Saturday 23 September:
station to illustrate the Weather activity by the 46th Pisa Air Brigade;
4.30 pm – Tribute to Carlo del Prete, the hero from Lucca with the participation of Luigino Caliaro, Paolo Bottari, Alessandra del Prete and Carlo Ferrarin. Moderated by Mario Federighi.
17:30 - Presentation of the book "Caccia dell'Aeronautica Militare dalle origini ai giorni nostri".
The author, Colonel Stefano Cosci, will be present.
Sunday 24 September:
Station to illustrate the Weather activity by the 46th Pisa Air Brigade;
17:00 - Conference on the recovery and restoration of historic aircraft (in Italian)
Speakers Federigo Federighi, Ermete Grillo, Pietro Belpane.
Moderated by Mario Federighi.
Friday 29 September:
Day on Aeronautics and Comics curated by Lucca Crea.
10:30 - Presentation of a comic strip for high school kids (by the AM Historical Office);
Saturday 30 September:
Day on Aeronautics and Comics curated by Lucca Crea.
17:00 - Talk on the role of the Air Force in the Italian defense today, General Igor Bruni and Fausto Biloslavo, war journalist for Il Giornale, Panorama and Mediaset (in Italian).
18:30 - Closing of celebratory events.
Check the program leaflet of the event
