On Aug. 31, Matteo Marianeschi visited Latina and took the following pictures of two more SF-260EA being painted in the new high visibility colour scheme (read more here): MM55126 “70-35” and MM55121 “70-30”.
Two more black SF-260EA
Military Aviation
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Italian Air Force
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Nice shots!
Do you have a close-up of the nose art on the “70 35”? It looks like a pilot holding a penguin’s hand…is it for any special recurrency?Does anyone of them have this painting?
Thank you for answers!
Alessandro
Hi Alessandro,
only a few aircraft have that nose art.
Here you can find a close up view of it.
Best Regards,
David