How many of you had travelled miles and hours to admire those blue planes with the tricolor on their sides, painting the white-red-green stripes in the blue sky, performing amazing while flying at crazy speeds? Everyone loves Frecce Tricolori, including Ecor International’s staff, which this year was involved in a very important task: the Aerospace & Defense business unit in fact produced the exhaust pipes for the Aermacchi MB-339 PAN. A prestigious commission that brought all Ecor International’s knowledge and experience in design and welding up to the skies.
The order arrived in spring and was completed in autumn, just in time for another exhibition, the one that commemorated the centenary of the first Rome-Tokyo flight. October 17 marked the end of the celebrations for Arturo Ferrarin‘s feat, which took place between February and May 1920. The Aermacchi MB-339s took to the skies over Thiene, in the province of Vicenza, just a few kilometres far from Ecor International’s HQ, but above all the birthplace of the fearless aviator.
“The project took place entirely in Schio, in the Aerospace & Defense production department and was very complex, requiring the customization of a welding plant – explains Sergio Lucietto, Ecor International founder and chairman – An important commitment for the company, which followed a program planned at every stage, with a series of analyses, tests, and inspections. At the end we met the required deadlines and guaranteed a perfect result”.
“It was a challenge that everyone in the business unit took on with enthusiasm, commitment, seriousness, and emotion – says Giulio Roana, Aerospace & Defense division Business Manager – Because we’ve admired these planes and, after seeing them to fly in the squad, performing their aerobatic acts up in the sky knowing that we have made a part of them, is a great satisfaction.
Thanks to our expertise, we could industrialize a complex process in a short period of time. The result was undoubtedly excellent, both in terms of production and management, and this project is not only a source of pride for us, but it is also the first of many steps because times and working methods, machinery, and materials will also be applied on other occasions”.