The Aermacchi with a Trailer
Another Successful Aermacchi (Even if it never flew!) By the GAVS Turin section When we first got the news about the chance of restoring an Aermacchi of the early post-war period, designed by Dr. Bazzocchi, with a tricycle wheel arrangement and two side-by-side seats, we all thought about the delightful and eternal M.B. 308 aircraft (one of which, registered I-BIOH, is still flying today in Turin). Later, when we got more information, even though the names of the company and the designer matched, it became clear that the object of the restoration was very different from an airplane. It was in fact a Macchitre M.B.1, that is, a sort of tricycle...(excuse me!): it should be properly called a “Three-wheel truck with trailer towing capabilities,” (in Italian: Autocarro a tre route con possibilità di rimorchio ), as Aermacchi’s advertisement pompously described it at the time. A new adventure began for our group. After all, the M.B.1 three-wheel truck was a product of an aeronautical co