"We had no other choice!" When a Macchi jet went into distress, McAllister & Heideman had to eject. Hear their harrowing story of survival, training, and what went through their minds in that split ...

Why did the RAAF choose the Macchi MB-326H for its jet training program? Discover the aircraft that trained generations of Australian pilots.

From this came the Macchi C.202 Folgore (“Thunderbolt ... performance levels on par with contemporary Allied and German aircraft. The C.202 featured a fully enclosed cockpit, as well ...

The picture shows the aircraft Macchi C.202 Folgore marked 9476 exhibited at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. The aircraft is one of the few Italian WWII fighters that ...

The British, in return, claimed three Messerschmitt BF 109s damaged – although it seems unlikely there were any German aircraft involved – and two Macchi C.202s destroyed. Flight Sergeant ...

Although Italy had gained the world speed record in 1934 with its in-line-engine-powered Macchi C.72, the Italian aircraft industry ignored this speed potential and stayed with the more easily ...