Volandia Aviation Museum & Milan/Malpensa, 21st Sept '23.

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A DAY 'STOP-OVER' AT MILAN/MALPENSA & VOLANDIA MUSEUM,
Thursday 21st September 2023

As there are currently no direct flights between Malaga and Malta I had a play around on 'Skyscanner.net' looking at routes and prices to get to the Malta Air Display. Options mostly concentrated on flying via Madrid, Barcelona, Milan or Rome. At that point it occurred to me that there was an aviation museum very close to Milan/Malpensa. After further research, I booked flights to Malta via Milan and home via Madrid, both with 6-8 hours of 'stop-over' time. An horrendous prospect for most passengers, but both destinations certainly should excite an 'aircraft watcher'!

So some months later, I found myself disembarking from Ryanair/Malta Air's Boeing 737/8 9H-QBK at Malpensa. Made my way to 'Left Luggage' to get rid of my weekend cabin bag for the day and after initial navigation problems out of the terminal due to ambiguous signage, found myself walking off the upper level of the terminal through a small car park, over a fly-over and towards two DC-9s and a Friendship in a field. The back-gate to the museum was locked, so a 15 minute trail around footpaths and through Sixt's overflow car park brought me to the main entrance, with a clear two and a quarter hours available to look around an impressive site, the former workshops of Caproni Aeronautica some dating back over a Century.

After an enjoyable couple of hours, left via the gate (which was opened on request) for an easy 10 minute walk back to the terminal, 2 hours before my onward flight on Ryanair/Malta Air to Malta on 737MAX 9H-VUI. Coming from drought suffering Spain, the great surprise of the day was that it rained! 15 minutes worth of heavy rain while I was inside the museum which stopped as suddenly as it started and prolonged heavy rain once I was back in the terminal.

A great 'day out', interesting aircraft in the Museum, views over part of the airport aprons and (hopefully) the aircraft seen and covered in this report will be of interest.

(·····) details not worn externally
"·····" painted in markings never carried by that aircraft while active.
The year of construction is only a guide.

VOLANDIA - PARCO E MUSEO DEL VELO
Thursday , 21st September 2023

										
ENTRANCE & 'FORMS OF FLIGHT' PAVILLION Overview of how man sought to defy gravity and fly in the sky.										
										
I-AGUM		Agusta A.104A Helicar			1960	(think Bell 47 meets R.22)				
I-CNVR		Sezione Sperimentale EC.40 Innominito	1963	glider, hung from roof				
I-DAGI		Lancair O-235			      c.1991	sleak, homebuilt, GA aeroplane				
I-DURI	 26	CCV.8 Bonaventura			1957	glider, hung from roof				
I-KTAN		Terai T-30 Katana		    early 90s	aerobatic aircraft, hung from roof				
I-PITT		Pitts S-1GM Special			1984	aerobatic aircraft, hung from roof				
I-RAPP	 63	Caproni-Vizzovy Aviamilano A.3		1964	glider, hung from roof				
(I-SMJT)	SIAI Machetti S.211		        1981	2nd prototype, two tone brown camouflage				
20+37		Lockheed F-104G Starfighter		 -	West German Air Force, all plain metal				
C.P.X616	Alenia Aeromacchi M.346 Master	      c.2005	mid blue7pale grey camouflage. Mock-up or 3rd Proto?				
(mm100006)	Ambrodini CVV-6 Canchro		        1953	glider, all red, hanging, (ex mm100002, ex I-BECB, I-TULI)				
		Agusta-Westland AW.609			 -	civil tilt-rotor, mock up.				
		Alpi Pioneer 300 SkySPARK		2009	experimental electric powered a/c				
		Magni M.4 Eligiro			1972	autogyro, red/white, V-tail.				
		Hang glider				        hung from roof				
		Leone T.7			     late 80s	hung from roof, 1st factory built Italian ultralight.				
		Monerai Monnet P		      mid 80s	Powered glider				
										
'FORMS OF FLIGHT', CAPRONI WORKSHOP SECTION										
										
I-CAVT		Caproni Vizzola C.22J		    early 80s	twin seat, twin jet engines. 3rd and final prototype				
I-MARY		Caproni Ca.113			        1931	biplane				
I-ZACO		Construzione Aero Taliedo CAT.20	1934	glider, single seat (similar to a Slingsby Sky)				
		Caproni Ca.1			        2010	replica of first Italian built aircraft, 1910				
231		Caproni Ca.18 			        1914	early monoplane				
SVA 5/1		Ansaldosva SVA-5			1917	WWI era bi-plane				
	 EB-4	Bazzocchi EB-4			        1947	odd ugly design, only flew twice.				
										
FLIGHT SIMULATORS PAVILLION										
										
		Agusta-Westland 139				Mock-up, Coast Guard style colour scheme				
		Several cockpit sections of jet fighters, including a MB.339.								
										
ROTARY WING PAVILLION										
										
I-EPIC		Agusta-Bell AB.139			2003	white, with blue and red cheats				
"I-MINR"	Agusta-Bell 47J Ranger                  1955	yellow, in 1960 S.79 diorama (ex mm80495/CC:10)				
I-4683		Magni M-16 Tandem Trainer	        1970s	a modern style autogyro, pale blue/white				
mm23881		Savoia Marchetti S.79 (3 engine bomber)	1940s	Diorama, crashed Libya 1941, discovered 1960				
mm25165	 8-07	Piaggio P.166-DL3			1989	Guardia Costiera, red/white scheme				
mm5021N	 6-20	Agusta SH-3D Sea King			1972	Navy				
(mm57272) E.I.479 SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019E	     late 70s	Army, spotter aircraft				
	 VF:31	Agusta-Bell AB.204AS			1966	Vigili del Fuoco, red/white (ex mm80369/3-08, I-VFMC)				
mm80434	E.I.964	Agusta A.129C Mangusta			1983	Army				
mm80483	 CC:14	Agusta-Bell AB.47G-3B1			1961	Carabinieri, dark blue/white. 				
(mm80551)	E.I.299	Agusta-Bell AB.205A (Iroquois)	1972	Esercito (Army)				
(mm80840)	Elicotteri Meridional CH-47C Chinook	1977	Esercito, blue, gold stars (ex E.I.818 Army)				
mm80931	CC:46	Agusta-Bell AB.206A Jet Ranger I	1966	Carabiniera, dark blue/white (ex CC-53)				
mm81051	GdiF:93	Breda-Nardi (Hughes) NH-500MC		1977	Guardia di Finanza, yellow and green				
(mm81172)GdiF:124 Agusta A.109A-II	                1985	Guardia di Finanza, yellow and green				
	EI.964	NH.90?			                 -	mock up of a transport helicopter				
										
FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT PAVILLION										
										
F-AZHJ	 6-8	DH.100 Vampire FB.6			1952	single seater, Italian AF markings (ex Swiss J-1159)				
I-AMDA		Aermacchi MB.339C			1985	pale grey/mid blue-grey, the prototype MB.339C				
I-FABR		Aermacchi MB.308			1946	blue/yellow.  1st new Italian built a/c after WWII				
I-RAGF		Douglas C-47B Dakota			1943	Tail raised from floor (once G-AMSR of Air Charter)				
299119		Stinson L-5B Sentinel			1944	USAAF WWII D-day marks. (42-99119)(ex I-AEEL)				
36805	 50-30	Republic F-84F Thunderstreak		1954	Italian Air Force (in full 53-6805)				
54812	 51-3	Fiat bult, NA F-86K Sabre		1956	Italian Air Force (in full 55-4812				
mm 571		Aermacchi MB-326			1958	2nd prototype, painted as the first, blue lines on nose				
mm X599		Aermacchi Embraer AMX Ghibli		1986	5th prototype. 3rd RMV badge (C/no.NC.A05), grey				
mm 6244	 10	Fiat G.91PAN				 -      full Frecce Tricolori team marks as '10'				
mm 6308	 2-16	Fiat G.91R/1			        1967	Italian Air Force, 2nd Stormo.				
mm 6879	 9-51	Fiat built F-104S Starfighter	         -	Italian Air Force, pale white overall (rear of mm 6737)
mm53101	 Z-1-8	Fiat G.46A			        1947	single seater, (ex MM53284 & I-AEHG)				
mm54148	 RM-10	NA T-6H Harvard/Texan			 -	Italian Air Force				
mm56323		Avia FL.3			        1937	single seat monoplane (I-GAVS)				
"45174"		Savoia-Machetti S.55X			 -	big twin hull passenger flying boat, replica/FSM, part built. 				
		Bleriot XI			        2010	hung from roof, 1910 replica built by Mikael Carlsson				
		Gabardini Idro			         -	circa 1913 single engine floatplane (I-AXAC)				
		Cameron HAB				 -      packed envelope and basket/burner. 				
		another HAB				 -      just a larger basket than the Cameron one

SPACE FLIGHT PAVILLION

Nothing immediately noticeable of aviation interest, so moved on.				
										
WORKSHOP 										
										
A number of 'deep rebuilds' in progress.  Frame of a metal skinned bi-plane could be made out, together with a set of metal wings, very
likely a P-47D Thunderbolt mm 4653/51-19, although looked more like those from a Mustang (straight edges).										
										
STORAGE AREA										
										
While the door was open, I was unmistakably told off in rapid Italian as I raised my camera.  A number of aircraft inside, mostly part
dismantled and few identifiable, even if I had known what they were!  Near the door was P-47 Thunderbolt fuselage '19' and yet another 
S.211, I-SMTF.										
										
FLAMINIO BERTONI MUSEUM AND ASI-BERTONE COLLECTION										
										
A collection of motor cars and other vehicles, displayed, but not to their best advantage.  One glider found in this section:										
										
I-AVMI		SSVV Urendo EC-38/56		     late 50s	glider				
										
OUTSIDE - AT THE CAR PARK ENTRANCE										
										
I-SMTE	 JPATS	SIAI-Aermacchi S.211		      mid 80s	up on a pole				
(HB-ELZ)	SIAI S.205				 -      little better than a wreck in the undergrowth				
										
OUTSIDE - BETWEEN THE PARALLEL LINES OF FACTORY/MUSEUM HALLS (Some of these were formerly inside)										
										
I-CCAA		Mooney M.20E Chaparral			 -					
I-MACE		Aermacchi-Lockheed AL-60B		1959	'Aero Club Milano' on fin				
I-TURB		SIAI-Marchetti SF-260TP			1981	Prototype of the turbine engine variant				
I-7219		Hummel Ultra Cruiser			2003	highly polished, homebuit ultra light				
		Jodel D.9 Bébé			        2001	single seater, all yellow, modern looking engine				
		Rutan Long-Eze (or similar!)			white				
		Agusta A.129 LVH Tonal				unfinished, green primer, mock-up or unfinished frame? 				
		Dornier 328JET			        2002	unfinished fuselage when production ceased, c/no.282.				
6911		Mikoyan Mig-21PFM Fishbed E		 -	Polish Air Force (ex Russian AF, c/no. 9202)				
		Nike Hercules			        1960s	rocket on launcher				
		ESA Vega rocket				 -      upright				
										
OUTSIDE DISPLAY - ON OPEN GRASS AREA BETWEEN MUSEUM BUILDINGS AND THE MODERN AIRPORT:										
										
EL-CAR		Yakovlev Yak-40			        1973	Volandia titles.  Ex Aeroflot and Liberian Airways.				
I-MLXT		Fokker F-27 Friendship 500F		1968	Miniliner scheme, no titles				
I-PIAL		Piaggio PD.808			        1965	4th Prototype, in flight attitude on steel posts				
I-SIJF		SIAI Marchetti S.211			1981	1st prototype, green/white on a mound by the back gate				
I-SMEL		McDonnell Douglas MD-82			1984	Meridiana				
	 155-7	Macchi C.205 Veltro				WW II era scheme, replica/FSM.  				
mm62012		Douglas DC-9-32				1973    Aeronautica Militare Italiana, 81st Stormo badge				
XM478	 17	BAC  Jet Provost T.3A			1960	RAF, dayglo. Live engine runs (ex G-BXDL, I-PROV)
1397		Mikoyan Mig-15SB			1950s	Czechoslovakian Air Force				
										
NOT NOTED: Compared to older reports on the internet, removed (or maybe just unnoticed by me) were:
										
I-4906          HM.293 Pou-de Ciel				modern take on the Pou-de-Ciel				
mm74313 365     Macchi MC.202 Folgore			1940s   WWII era fighter. Replica/FSM				
I-AGUU		Agusta-Bell AB.102                       -																
I-VIPK		Pajno V-1			        2000	Sleek high performance fibreglass glider				
		Leonardo di Vinci Ornitittero           1990    FSM from original 1490 drawings				
I-TRIB		Bell 47G-3B1			        1964	ex N1139W				
		Magni M-24 Orion				crimson overall, modern style autogyro

Quite a walk around a large 'period' site, clearly with some space remaining inside and a great deal outside. While returning to the entrance to ask for the gate to be unlocked, spotted a large compound of buses, trams and steam engines, apparently all part of the 'Ogliari Museum', but I had no time left to investigate further. Clearly Volandia is an expanding location.

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VOLANDIA MUSEO DEL VOLO, MILAN

ENTRANCE

Guarding the entrance is a SIAI-Aermacchi S.211 prototype I-SMTE which competed for the American JPATS trainer contract before they adapted a turboprop for the job.



Also at the entrance gate is this rather sad SIAI-Marchetti S.205, completely stripped, and disappearing into the undergrowth. Apparently once HB-ELZ.



The Museum is housed in buildings, some dating back over 100 years that once housed the Caproni aircraft production factory and now form two lines buildings, with a long central courtyard.

'FORMS OF FLIGHT' GALLERY

The initially gallery after admissions, shop and cafe house a variety of aircraft at different levels.



SIAI-Marchetti S.211 I-SMJT, the second prototype in a two-tone brown camouflage, the blue helicopter is I-AGUM an Agusta A.140A Helicar and the sleek white aircraft I-DAGI is a Lancair O-235, hidden behind which is a red and white Magni M.4 Eligiro (autogyro)



Either the 3rd prototype, or a mock-up depending on internet source, of the Alenia Aeromacchi M.346 Master.



One of a number of suspended exhibits, Ambrodini CVV-6 Canchro, a two-seat design, all red.



I-KTAN a Terai T-30 Katana aerobatic aircraft, displayed inverted



Pride of place in this gallery must go to this Lockheed F-104G 20+37, c/no.2044 in West German Air Force early bare metal scheme



The first ultralight aircraft to be put into factory production in Italy was this 3-axis microlight, a Leone T.7.



A wider view across the gallery



I-PITT a Pitts S-1GM Special that won a number of competitions in the hands of Italian pilot. Amazing that the Pitts S-1, 65 years on from first flight, is still very much active on the aerobatic competition circuit.

THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT



A mock-up of the Agusta-Westland AW.609 project (originally commenced as a Bell-Agusta project) for a tilt-wing corporate aircraft.



While the Alpi Pioneer 300 is a familiar shape, this one flew with an electric engine to develop the technology to apply electric power to aircraft. The aircraft now designated as a Digisky SkySPARK.

CAPRONI WORKSHOP HALL

Throughout the Museum there was an emphasis on Italian pioneers, aviators and aircraft builders. The connection between builders and aircraft at times was confusing. The Caproni hall developing into projects by Bazzocchi for Marchetti. Some early Italian aircraft and more recent projects.



SVA Asaldosva-5



Caproni Ca.1, the earliest surviving Italian constructed aircraft



Caproni Ca.18 of 1913, the first aircraft type to equip a complete Italian Air Force Squadron



I-MARY a Caproni Ca.113 of the early '30s.



A light jet project, the Caproni Vizzola C.22J, with I-ZACO a CAT.20 glider above.



A strange 'thing', a Bazzocchi EB-4, which only flew twice, the designer going on to influence aspects of several Aeromacchi projects including the MB.329 jet trainer.

ROTARY FLIGHT GALLERY



An Agusta A.139 Mangusta gunship mm80439/E.I.964 of the Italian Army



An Agusta-Bell AB204AS VF-31 (formerly I-VFMC) of the Vigili del Fuoco, modified for fighting forest fires.



In with the helicopters, this SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019E mm57272, an Italian development of the Cessna 305 Bird Dog for observation duties.



Surprised to find a familiar current shape in the museum, although with an earlier name, as an
Agusta Bell AB.139 (rather than Agusta Westland or Finemecca built), I-EPIC



An Agusta SH-3D Sea King mm5021N coded 6-20 of the Italian Navy.



A Breda-Nardi NH-500MC (to you and me a Hughes 369) in the yellow and green of the Guardia di Finanza.



An Agusta A.109A II operated by the Guardia di Finanza in a striking green and yellow scheme.



A diorama depicting an Italian Air Force Savoia-Marchetti S.79 three engine bomber/transport lost in the Libyan Sahara in 1941, and not discovered until 1960 and a recovery team flown in on an Agusta-Bell 47J I-MINR. The S-79 is the original, the helicopter isn't.

With more to come ......

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Volandia Museum, Milan - Images Part 2

FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT PAVILLION



A delight to find this one amongst all the Italian hardware, a DH.100 Vampire FB.6 in Italian Air Force markings, with code 6-8, to depict the first jet type operated by the Italian AF. However, this particular aircraft served all its career with the Swiss Air Force as J-1159 and following that flew in France as F-AZHJ until delivered to Malpensa on its final flight.



Italian Air Force Fiat constructed North American F-86K Sabre 54812 (55-4812) coded 51-3.



Italian Air Force Republic F-84F Thunderflash 36805 (53-6805), coded 50-30.



Fiat G.91R/1, Italian Air Force in camouflage, mm6308, coded 2-16.



An aircraft I'll have seen at British Airshows, Fiat G.91PAN, mm 6244, tail number '10', of the Italian Air Force Frecce Tricolori team.



Fiat constructed Lockheed F-104S Starfighter in an odd white finish, mostly mm 6879 with rear from mm 6737, coded 9-51.



The blue and yellow aircraft is an Aermacchi MB.308, the first new Italian design to fly after WWII, in 1946 after design started in secret. Beyond are a Fiat G.46A mm 53101/Z-1-8 and a NA T-6H Harvard mm 54148/RM-10, while nose-on is a Stinson L-5B Sentinel in USAAF D-day markings.



Larest aircraft kept indoors is this immaculate looking Douglas C-47B Dakota. Initially with the RAF, it was de-mobbed as G-AMSR with Air Charter for a short time, then to Portugal and over 40 years active around a number of African nations, before I-RAGF and retirement to Volandia.



In contrast this 1910 Bleriot XI is a replica built by Mikael Carlsson in 2010 for the 100th anniversary, and while it is a replica, is fitted with a genuine Gnome Omega engine.



Another replica, this time of a Gabardini Idro, a float-plane design of 1913. Registered I-AXAC during the build period.



Don't know so much about this one, mm 56323 an Avia FL.3



This would appear to be a FSM (or is to a reduced scale?) reconstruction of a Savoia-Machetti S.55X twin hull, twin engine, wood constructed flying boat. While sections are clearly left open to show construction, others such as an outer wing may still to be built. Quite a massive project.



Cameron of Bristol Hot Air Balloon packed away envelope and basket, along with another basket, exhibited close to the Savoia-Marchetti nose - although surely they would belong better in the 'Forms of Flight Pavilion?

WORKSHOP AREA







Views from both ends of a well equipped workshop, although there was little activity at the time of my visit. A metal clad biplane (any ideas?) and a set of USAF star and bar painted metal wings in a jig (likely Thunderbolt, but more Mustang in shape?).

OUTSIDE IN THE CENTRAL AREA



Will admit that as I walked towards this, I was somewhat puzzled. Too small for an ATR-42, yet clearly a high wing airliner. The information board quickly provided the answer that it is a Dornier 328JET. The fuselages were constructed in Italy and when production ceased, this aircraft c/no.232 was never completed. An interesting if somewhat unusual exhibit.



You will never get this one no matter how close to the 100% your recognition knowledge is. I-7219 is a Hummel Ultra Cruiser, home built in 3 years, completed 2003. What, no, you didn't know that all the time! The aircraft type behind is very familiar to me as I encountered a Squires Gate based example in my early years as a spotter (I can even recall that it was G-ARZG) and the type is an Aermacchi-Lockheed LASA-60B. I-MACE at one time served with the Aero Club Milano and is another aircraft that does not deserve to be outside.



The turbine engine prototype SIAI-Marchetti SF.260, I-TURB, making it technically a SF-260TP.



I have a soft spot for the Mooney M.20, a type that was produced in the USA over a very long period of time. I-CCAA is a Mooney M.20E Chaparral.



Away from the general aviation types outside, which from photos on the web were all initially inside, close to the storage section is this Agusta A.129 LVH Tonal. References state it is mm 6879, others refer to it as a mock-up.



Volandia has two Mikoyan jets. They don't really fit any themes of the Museum, which could explain why both are outside. 6911 is a Mig-21 PFM Fishbed E from the Polish Air Force. Before that it served with the Russian Air Force, with c/no. 9202.



Positioned out of the way, at outside the end of one of row of buildings, in its own little compound was the only truly British aircraft in the collection, a Hunting/BAC Jet Provost T.3A XM478/17 in 1960s RAF dayglo(ish) finish. I nearly missed it, until the high whistle of a running Viper engine alerted me to its presence. The aircraft is a runner, possibly the only really 'live' aircraft in the Museum. It would appear in exchange for cash you can sit in the running aircraft and simulate a flight. Not a novel idea, I watched a Lancaster taxiing around East Kirkby airfield a few weeks ago with paying passengers there for the sheer experience, a major fund provider for the restoration to flight of the aircraft. Odd it should be a British type used here rather than a Aermacchi MB.326, which operated for the Italians in the same role and time period as the Jet Provost for the British.

THE 'LARGE AIRCRAFT' AREA between the Museum and Airport.



Italian Air Force Douglas DC-9-32 mm 62012 of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana, wearing a 81st Stormo badge. You can see the proximity to the airport as an Emirates Boeing 777 can be spied in the distance under the wing.



Alongside is a similar McDonnell Douglas MD-82 I-SMEL of Meridiana. Both are candidates for having visited Liverpool at some stage of their flying careers.



EL-CAR a Yakovlev Yak-40 flew for many years with Aeroflot before going to Liberian Airways. It was impounded at Milan/Malpensa when the airline ran out of money and it was impounded, stored for many years before making its way into Volandia. The aircraft 'in flight' is a Piaggio PD.808 I-PIAL.



I've seen a Fokker F-27 Friendship preserved at Norwich, this though is a freight version, I-MLXT of Miniliner, and is recorded as a visitor to Liverpool with freight during 2009.



Also outside, but close to museum hangar doors is 155-7 a Macchi C.205 Veltro, a WWII era type, although this a modern mainly fibreglass FSM.



It would appear that this Mig-15SB, 1397 from Czechoslavkia has undergone a very major rebuild to bring it to display standard, which makes it all the more surprising t find it kept outside.



The most numerous type in the Museum is the Aermacchi S.211. I-SIJF is placed on a mound close to the access gate from/to the Airport Terminal.

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MILAN - MALPENSA, Thursday 21st September
SIGHTINGS OF AIRCRAFT ON A SECTION OF THE AIRPORT WHILE WALKING TO/FROM THE MUSEUM AND FROM THE TERMINAL/GATE.

This list is far from a full one. The biz-jets mostly photographed from a car park at the end of the top terminal floor, at the start/end of the walk to Volandia. The upper terminal floor is departures, but a length of airfield/runways/apron facing window is still accessible from landside. The 'wet' photos are from that location, or if from a lower elevation the departure gate lounge.

																										
	Airliners:							Further airliners:					
													
4K-AZ03	Airbus A.319-111	Azerbaijan Airways		    2 x Emirates A.380 and a single Boeing 777.						
9H-QBK	Boeing 737-8AS		Ryanair & 9H-QBM, 9H-QBS, 9H-QDG      a Boeing 777 of Air China						
9H-VUI	Boeing 737 MAX8		Ryanair/Air Malta		      a Gulf Air in 70th Anniversary scheme						
9H-WDV	Airbus A.321-271NX	Wizzair Abu Dhabi		      a Kuwait Airlines Airbus A.320N						
9V-SMC	Airbus A.350-941	Singapore Airlines		    2 x Boeing 737F of Prime Air						
A7-ALZ	Airbus A.350-941	Qatar, in One World scheme	      a 2nd Air Portugal A.320, either CS-TJM or CS-TNM						
CS-TJJ	Airbus A.320-251N	Air Portugal & another CS-··M	      a KLM Boeing 737-800, a Lauda Airbus A.320						
D-AEUA	Airbus A.321-211	Lufthansa Cargo			      a great number of EasyJet Europe movements.						
D-AEWN	Airbus A.320-214	Eurowings										
EC-···	Airbus A.320		Level colours, Vueling titles		Executives/Biz-Jets:					
ET-AWM	Airbus A.350-941	Ethiopian										
F-HEPJ	Airbus A.320-214	Air France			9H-GTC	Boeing 737-430		Air Horizont, white, yellow engine pods			
F-HES·	ERJ-145		        Amelia				B-651H	Global 6000					
F-HZUR	Airbus A.220-300	Air France			CS-DXK	Citation 560XLS		NetJets Europe			
HA-LTA	Airbus A.321-231	Wizzair				CS-PHV	EMB-505 Phenom 300	NetJets Europe			
HB-AZB	Embraer ERJ-195STD	Helvetia			LY-CHF	Boeing 737-31S		KlasJet, fancy scheme			
HZ-ASAA	Airbus A.321-251N	Saudia				M-ANGO	Global 5000					
LN-DYT	Boeing 737-8JP		Norwegian, plain tail		N123PD	Dassault Falcon 2000					
LX-LQB	DHC-8Q-402		Luxair				PH-DWA	Embraer EMB-145		Jet Netherlands, 'ACE' on blue fin			
N178DZ	Boeing 767-332ER	Delta				SP-RIO	Raytheon 390 Premier 1A					
N26906	Boeing 787-8		United				T7-MCV	Challenger 650					
PT-MUD	Boeing 777-32WER	Latam				T7-MPA	Gulfstream 550					
SE-ROJ	Airbus A.320-251N	SAS										
SU-GCS	Boeing 737-866		EgyptAir, in Star Alliance scheme

Some there, as I far as am aware not regulars in the UK - the Lufthansa Cargo A.321, Azerbaijan A.319, Saudia Airbus A.321, Latam Boeing 777, Egyptair Boeing 737 and Helvetia ERJ-195 all being candidates.
Having spent several days at Madrid and Malaga in the past month, a Level A.320 in their green and blue scheme, but with Vueling Airlines titles came as a surprise- unfortunately near tail-on. I've only seen the Level scheme on Airbus A.330s before.

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MILAN - MALPENSA (MXP), Thursday 21st September 2023.

A grabbed photo through a cabin window as we came to a stop on stand of 4K-AZ03 an Airbus A.319-111 of Azerbaijan Airways



From outside the upper end of the top floor of the terminal (departures search-comb level), ET-AWM Airbus A.350-941 Ethiopian



9V-SMC Singapore Airbus A.350-941 from the same location. The other wide-body tail is that of Latam, outparked is Wizz Air/Abu Dhabi A.321 9H-WDV.



T7-MPA Gulfstream 550, one of two San Marino registered executive jets seen



I've seen M-ELON, now I've caught M-ANGO on what is becoming an increasingly edible Manx register. A Global 5000.



Chinese registered aircraft are nothing like as numerous around Europe as in pre-Covid times. B-651H Global 6000.



N123PD Falcon 2000



A narrow-body, an Airbus A.321-251NX of Saudia, HZ-ASAA.

A move of position now, indoors on the top floor from 'land-side' windows overlooking part of the apron and towards the runways. Fortunately I was indoors as it was now lashing down with rain. Picking clear spots in the windows



Mainly to illustrate the amount of rain in a short period, a Ryanair reflecting off the water in dismal conditions.



United Boeing 787-8, N26906 on push-back and start-up.



A7-ALZ Airbus A.350-941 of Qatar with One World titles, with Luxair Dash Eight LX-LQB making its way out to the runway for departure.



SU-GCS Boeing 737-866 of Egyptair in Star Alliance titles



When I examined this image, realised that although I am familiar with Level's Airbus A.330s, this is not only an Airbus A.320 in their scheme, but is wearing Vueling Airlines titles. The registration is certainly EC-, the rest distorted by rain drops and double glazing.



Helvetic Embraer ERJ-195, HB-AZB



From the departure lounge, despite a wet and dirty window, out-parked, LY-CHF a KlasJet Boeing 737-300 in executive style scheme.

[ian531]

Great report, it looks a very interesting museum

Ian

[viscount]

I've posted some images of the cars, they correctly appear in the 'Non Aviation' Section of NWAN, with hyper-link:

derbosoft.proboards.com/thread/43822/bertoni-bertone-collection-milan