Air Battle - At La Comina 100 Anniversary Editorial Photo

Commemorating 100 years of the first flight school in Italy, La Comina, near Pordenone. Flight demonstration of historic aircraft. Simulated air battle between two aircraft. Yellow: De Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until 1952 when many of the surplus aircraft entered civil operation. Red: Fokker DR.I Dreidecker (triplane) was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became renowned as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen gained his last 20 victories, and in which he was killed on 21 April 1918.