AEROPLANE TO AEROPLANO

Mike Torevell Questa è la traduzione di un vecchio articolo di Lew Rockwell Jr. , che credo sia stato scritto nel 2000, però appare tutti gli anni, a Natale, sul blog dell’autore, che è probabilmente il più importante sito aggregatore di scritti libertari americano. Avrei voluto illustrarlo personalmente con dei disegni, ma non li ho mai fatti. Forse per il prossimo Natale. Comunque questo articolo, secondo me, funziona in ogni periodo; ed è attualissimo, in un momento in cui i governi di tanti paesi occidentali, a cominciare dall'amministrazione Obama, attaccano le libertà fondamentali (prima fra tutte quella di culto), nel nome di un collettivismo autoritario e arrogante, che considera l'individuo il nemico. Questo pezzo divertente (un po' tongue-in-cheek) è un pezzettino, in realtà, forse il primo tassello, che vi aiuterà spero a capire, (come ha aiutato me) che il problema è lo stato e non la religione. Buona lettura. I vostri commenti (intelligenti) saran...

      There are aircraft that have a charm of their own, as if their technical and operational life followed a parabola similar to the biographical history of notable people. The S.74, the subject of this translation, was born old. The market had decreed that it was aced-out even before he had shown what it had to offer. But it still had something to show. The above painting of an S.74 is by Danilo Renzulli.     The Savoia Marchetti S.74     The outclassed airplane on a class of its own     By Pietro Mazzardi (translated by L. Pavese)           There are aircraft that have a charm of their own, as if their technical and operational life followed a parabola similar to the biographical history of notable people. Granted, an airplane is just a machine but the S.74, designed and built by Savoia Marchetti, was a very capable aircraft and the only Italian four-engines passenger airplane that had ...

      As our readers know, the distinguished career of Dr. Filippo Zappata (1894-1994) also included a brief period in France.     The aircraft on the cover is a  Blériot 110 (in its final configuration with a four-blade propeller), which was a record airplane designed by Zappata during his stay in France. The B. 110 is the subject of this translation, nonetheless the post is an opportunity to explore, albeit not much in depth, the connection between the famous French aviator and his company and the "ingénieur italien."       Zappata l’italien     By Giulio Cesare Valdonio     Translated by L. Pavese       As our readers know, the distinguished career of Dr. Filippo Zappata (1894-1994) also included a brief period in France.      The level of contacts that Dr. Zappata had established in France is unknown, but they were high enough that he was invited with the crè...