The Second World War and biplanes: the two don’t really belong together. It was during this dark period that military aviation left behind the biplane design of the First World War. But a few of those made an impact in the opening years of the conflict, and the Italian Fiat CR.42 Falco was definitely one of them.

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00:04 History
07:59 Head to Head
12:30 Conclusion


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Sacred Garden by Guilherme Bernardes from Pixabay

Conclusion:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act I: Non più andrai (the Marriage of Figaro)
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Tito Gobbi, Philharmonia Orchestra, James Robertson
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Puccini, G.: Tabarro (Il) (Gobbi, Mas, Prandelli) (1955)
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Sources
Gladiator vs CR.42 Falco 194041 Hakan Gustavsson & Ludovico Slongo

Fiat CR.42 Aces of World War 2 Hakan Gustavsson and Ludovico Slongo

Italian Aircraft of World War II by Nico Sgarlato

Profile Publications 16 The Fiat CR.42

Ali d'Italia 1 Fiat CR 42 by Giorgio Apostolo

Fiat CR 32/CR 42 in action by George Punka

Fighter Aircraft Performance of WW2 A Comparative Study Erik Pilawskii

Red Wings in the Winter War 1939 1940 by CarlFredrik Geust

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