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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II
I believe that one is a replica, but the original in front of it is genuine and still running.
The Spad a few steps to the right is the one I worked on years ago  |
Nice one Stern! "The oldest Spad remaining in the world, Sep 1916. It belonged to the Italian ace Principe Ruffo di Calabria (father of the Belgian queen, iirc), 20 kills."
Ruffo di Calabria was a close friend of the greatest Italian WWI ace, Francesco Baracca, to whom Ferrari owes its symbol of the "cheval cabré", donated by the mother of Baracca to Enzo Ferrari ... a little bit of Italian history ...
Stern tell us more of the Spad restoration ...