Taxiing for take-off in late afternoon light, the fin shows the insigna of the 87th Squadriglia "La Serenissima". One of the four that are part of the Italian Air Force badge. Gabriele D'Annunzio made the famous flight on Vienna with the Ansaldo S.V.A.s of this Squadriglia on 9th August 1918. The fin livery has been painted also on Pony 9. The position of this aircraft for this air show replaces the one of aircraft number 5. The formation was forced to quickly reorganize for the 2023 airshow season, because of the loss of Captain Alessio Ghersi (Pony 5) in the accident of a private aircraft.

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