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Old 19th Feb 2018, 18:49
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Aircraft Recognition
Any Ideas?

Taken in Italy up the Leaning Tower. Didn’t see it till it was uploaded onto a tv screen.

Tks in advance.
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It’s a Lockheed F104 Starfighter. And that tail fin to the right looks like an English Electric Lightning.
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Actually, not so sure about the Lightning!
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Fin on the right is an F-86.
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Preserved at the Istituto Tecnico Industriale Leonardo da Vinci, Pisa are an F-104S, Canadair Sabre Mk.4 and an Aermacchi MB326.
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Thanks for the info.
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