Aeronautica Macchi S. p. A. designed and built the Folgore (Lightning), which was based on an earlier Macchi design powered by a radial engine, the C.200 Saeta (Thunderbolt). To create the Folgore, ...

Bortolani flew on a Macchi C.205, regarded as the best Italian aircraft of World War II, as part of his "Ace of Clubs" group. "It was an excellent fighter aircraft, extremely effective in action ...

Macchi C.205V was the most advanced Italian WWII fighter. Two years after the end of the conflict, the Macchi company decided to relaunch the production. Egyptians came shopping for a fighter ...

Final days of 1948 and the first week of 1949 saw an intensive use of Macchi C.205V by the Egyptian Air Force. This also led to several confrontations with Israeli fighters such as Spitfire and ...