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Boglietto Air Show 2009: Joy to Fly

In the skies of the scenic Monferrato hills (Italy), on October 4, 2009, the sixth edition of “Disabili Volando Insieme” air show was held. This peculiar aviation event, organized at the Costigliole d’Asti (Boglietto) airfield not far from Turin, is fully devoted to provide an aviation experience to handicapped people and to raise funds for various Charity Organizations such as AIMO, ANGLAT, APRI, CEPIM Autoaiuto, Centro Servizi Volontariato Asti and Alessandria, CISA, Pegaso and Unione Italiana Ciechi. The weather was not ideal but a large public attended the show, which offered or renewed the emotion of the flight to some 180 unfavoured people.

To perform the compelling task, the members of the Boglietto “campo volo” used eleven of their light sport aircraft, ultralights and flexwing microlights, supported by other aircraft coming from nearby airfields.

This year, the Fulvio "Bubu" Gamba Memorial - dedicated by the pilots of the WEFLY! Aerobatic Team to the late promoter of the Baroni Rotti (*), the Italian Federation of Disabled Pilots - was not awarded. However the pilots of the team - Marco Cherubini, Alessandro Paleri and Erich Kustatscher - were present with their aircraft. As usual, Enrico Gamba - the father of Bubu – took part in the air show offering his hot-air balloon for tethered flights.

Notwithstanding weather conditions were not perfect, some 60 aircraft took part in the event. A number of flight displays and aerobatic solo exhibitions were performed. A long series of take-offs by aircraft which took part in the fly-in concluded the air show.

The Boglietto airfield – code IATBOG – was established in the early ‘Eighties and today hosts more than 30 ultralight aircraft. In 2008 the parking area was substantially increased. It is located South-East of Costigliole d’Asti (44°45’29” N - 8°11’14” E), and has a 10/28 grass runway 600 m (1,968 ft) long.

(*) a play on words in Italian, who call the "Red Baron" "Il Barone Rosso" and since the Disabled are, in one way or another, "broken" ("rotti" in Italian), the joke name "Baroni Rotti", ie "Broken Barons", was chosen.

In the picture: First take-off experience at Boglietto airfield (Italy), during the October 4, 2009, sixth “Disabili Volando Insieme” air event. (Aeromedia)

(Aeromedia, October 2009)