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Title: 2n Curs De Vol A Vela |
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Description: This Italian poster advertises an air meet October and November in 1938 during financially prosperous times before W.W.I. Italy was beginning a new series of brilliant victories. New types of military planes possessed new speed and load capacities which allowed the existing records to be improved upon. By 1938, Italy had won 11 world records for speed and specified distances in land planes, as well as 23 world records for their sea planes. 15 of the 23 victories were for speed, 7 were for altitude and 1 was for distance in a closed circuit. Italy was the last of the major European powers to begin commercial transport. By 1930, Italy had six airlines in operation. On August 28, 1934, the airline Societa Anonima Navigazione Aerea (SANA) merged with Societa Aerea Mediterranean (SAM) and Societa Italiana Servizi Aeri (SISA) combined with Aero Express Italiana, merged to form the national airline, Ala Littoria. At this time, Mussolini’s Fascist government was aggressively expanding his rule and power. Ala Littoria connected Rome to other parts of Italy helping to centralize Mussolini’s growing power. In 1938 Ala Littoria was providing service to Madrid during the Spanish civil war. Italy gave aide in the form of military planes and arms to Spain during its civil war. The spread of Italy’s passenger transport was brought to an end with Italy’s entrance into W.W.II in 1940. |
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