Forza G

Forza G movie poster.

Movie (1971)
French title : La Patrouille du ciel
English title : Winged Devils

Starring:
Riccardo Salvino (Tenente [Lieutenant] Gianni Orlando)
Pino Colizzi (Capitano [Captain] Bergamini)
Mico Cundari (Tenente Colonnello [Lieutenant colonel] Muschin)
Ernesto Colli (Tenente Ernesto del Prete)

(Synopsis needed)

Fiat G.91 PAN

Fiat G.91 PAN of the Frecce Tricolori, the Italian aerobatic team.

Compare with Fiat G.91Y (section #17).

de Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth & Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister

A grey and a red de Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth flying together with a yellow Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister.

Piper PA-25 Pawnee

Reg. I-NORD, c/n 25-131.

Unidentified Autogyro

In the backgound, (left) an Agusta-Bell AB.204B along (right) a white aircraft (Morane-Saulnier (or SOCATA if built after 1966) Rallye or Sud-Aviation GY-80 Horizon ?).

Let L-13 Blaník

Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) Let L-13 Blaník VV-10 serial MM1000044.
One of the two flying with the Guidonia Gliding Flight Center (the other was VV-23 MM1000041) until 1999.

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

First seen as a model.

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter of the R.S.V. – Reparto Sperimentale di Volo (Experimental Flight Department), Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force), painted into a Pratica di Mare test aircraft with code RS-2.

(background)

Sud Aviation-BAC Concorde 001

Registration F-WTSS, c/n 001 with airshow number 375 as seen in 1969 during the Paris Air Show.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Footage used inverted.

Folland (Hawker Siddeley) Gnat T.1

Folland Gnat T.1 of the RAF Red Arrows aerobatic team.

Pitot tube and front light on top of this Frecce Tricolori line up.

The white flash was a new finish used from 1968 to 1977.

Fouga CM170R Magister

Fouga CM170R Magister of the Patrouille de France display team of the French Air Force.

Fairchild C-119G

Belgian Fairchild C-119G in the distance.

Ilyushin Il-62

North American T-6G

Fiat G.91T/1

Fiat G.91T1 c/n 99 s/n MM6369 code SA-69.

Fiat G.91

Rear half of the fuselage appart the main fuselage during an engine switch. Fiat G.91 PAN or R or T ?

Agusta-Bell AB.47J

(red arrow) An Agusta-Bell AB.47J hidding (white arrow) a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter of which only the tail is visible.
Access to the Reparto Sperimentale di Volo (Experimental Flight Department) based at Aeroporto di Pratica di Mare / (Rome) Pratica di Mare Air Base (-/LIRE) airport.

Aermacchi MB.326

The orange plane passing in the background.

Fiat G.91Y

Instead the single exhaust of the original Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engine, here are the side-by-side ones for the two General Electric J85 turbojets.

Code RS-10.

(foreground)

Agusta-Bell AB.47G

Aermacchi AL-60BC-5

The only one of the Aeronautica Militare. And one of the few with a taildragger landing gear (around 10% of the worldwide production).

Fiat G.91 PAN

28e Salon International de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (28th Paris Air Show, 1969)

Note : several footage (Mirage and Phantom II) were used again in 1979 for Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora.

Dassault Mirage III E

Dassault Mirage III E with (left) Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic c/n 48 airshow number 309 and (right) Dassault Mercure 01.

Lockheed HC-130B Hercules

On display at the (1969 or 1971 ?) Paris Air Show. Records indicate that this aircraft was built on USAF contract as addendum aircraft specifically for US Coast Guard (USCG) as USAF SC-130B-LM Hercules c/n 282-3595 s/n 60-0312. After transfer to the USCG, it was designated a R8V-1G, then a HC-130G and finally a HC-130B. USCG serial 1345, usually based at CGAS (Coast Guard Air Station) Elizabeth City.

Dassault Mercure (Mock-up)

Dassault Mercure mock-up (note the lack of landing light in the leading edge of the wing root). First flight in 1971.

Saab 35 Draken & Transall C-160F

Code 61-ME Transall C-160F s/n F5 c/n 5.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Saab 35 Draken airshow number 753.

Dassault Mirage V PA

Peruvian Air Force.

Ilyushin Il-62

Reg. CCCP-86683 / SSSR-86683 c/n 90503 delivered in May 1969. Withdrawn From Use (?) in 1987.

Tupolev Tu-134

(left) Note the Antonov An-24 in the background.

English Electric Lightning Mk F53K

English Electric Lightning Mk F53K of Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya (Kuwait Air Force) arabic serial ٤١٨ (418) airshow number 512. Reach the 1969 Paris Air Show under civilian rules (G-AXEE above 512).

McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR.2

Serial XV395/395 McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR.2, No. 6 Sqn (Airshow number 470). One of the 116 RAF Phantoms fitted with Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines.
Background : (left) Dassault Mirage IVA (right) Dassault Mercure in front of the Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic. Far right, camouflaged tail of the Breguet 941S.

General Aviation Aircraft

(left) Cessna 182 (C to P variant). Other unidentified aircraft.

Fiat CR.42 Falco (model)

Model on a pole in front of the official VIP stand (next to a similarly Fiat G.91 presented).

Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister (or CASA 1.133 ?)

Various Aircraft

(left to right) LET L-13 Blaník glider along two de Havilland Tiger Moth and the Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister / CASA 1.133 (see above).

Cavalier Mustang

Reg. I-BILL Cavalier Mustang built as North American P-51D-30-NA Mustang s/n 44-74694 which served with the 167th FS (Fighter Squadron) West Virginia Air National Guard (the last US Air unit to fly the Mustang until 1957). In 1958, she became N7720C, then N16S, then N6815D (Cavalier conversion as a tandem two-seat) and was finally bought by Italian Giorgio Billi who registered her as I-BILL in May 1969 (the only civil Italian Mustang). In May 1977 sold to Ormond Haydon-Baillie and the aircraft was painted in bright yellow and black flashes but kept her Italian registration. Eventually crashed on 3 July 1977 near Mainz-Finthen (Germany) killing the pilot and its passenger.

The white and red aircraft hidden by the Argosy.

Hawker Siddeley Argosy E Mk 1

With what appears to be two Agusta-Bell AB.204Bs facing the British cargo.

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See also

• Forza G at IMDb
• Forza G at Italian Wikipedia
• Forza G at IMCDb