Thematic: Aviation

3/12/1969 - ITALY - The 50th anniversary of the London to Melbourne postal flight, with Italian participation (the journey was flown from Rome to Singapore by Alitalia and from Singapore to Melbourne by a special flight of the company TAA, " Trans Australian Airlines "). A cover from the air dispatch sent direct to Australia, with arrival at Melbourne - Lotto/41601

28-29/5/1964 - JAPAN - Lufthansa first transpolar flight, Tokyo, Anchorage, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Frankfurt - cover flown through the post with the Frankfurt arrival postmark - Lotto/41600

22/2/1972 - ITALY - The Flight of Brotherhood, Milan to Entebbe. A DC 6 of the S.M.A.M., an aircraft of the Air Force General Staff, under the command of Colonel Enzo Carugno, carried 45 quintals of medicines and hospital equipment for Italian missionaries in northern Uganda. An aerogramme printed in 400 copies, of which this is No. 325 - Lotto/41611

2/5/1972 - SWITZERLAND - a special Swissair flight, Geneva to New York, made for the 25th anniversary of the Swiss North Atlantic service - cover properly postally used to the United States - Lotto/41612

14/5/1972 - VATICAN CITY - Coming from Rome, an Alitalia DC-8 made the first flight AZ 698 from Milan to Washington. This first link had been postponed by two weeks because of industrial action. A postal dispatch containing a Vatican packet of only 14 covers was carried through to its destination as normal - a cover with the Washington arrival postmark - Lotto/41614

21/1/1976 - FRANCE - The first Concorde flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris - flight AF 086, actual flying time taken from the logbook 4,29 hours - Captain Tardieu Guillaume, co-pilot Francois Schwartz, chief engineer Martial Detienne. 100 passengers took part in the flight (as a guarantee of carriage aboard Concorde, the marks applied in red on the reverse of the covers were made by Air France). A cover duly carried - Lotto/41626

15/11/1974 - BRAZIL - commemorative flight for the Alitalia North Atlantic Cruise, flight AZ569 - cover to Rome, "Comitato trasvolatori Atlantici" (the committee of Atlantic flyers) - cover properly flown aboard a DC-10, Az 569 - Lotto/41623

15/11/1974 - ITALIAN REPUBLIC - commemorative flight for the Alitalia North Atlantic Cruise, flight AZ568 - cover to Sao Paulo, Brazil, "Comitato trasvolatori Atlantici S.Paulo Brasile" (the committee of Atlantic flyers) - cover properly flown aboard a DC-10, Az 5 - Lotto/41622

1/8/1974 - SWITZERLAND - first Swissair service, Douglas DC 8/62, flight SR 2004 with a stop at Karachi (Pakistan), Zurich/Geneva/Peking - cover duly flown with the Peking arrival postmark - Lotto/41621

1/8/1974 - SWITZERLAND - first Swissair service, Douglas DC 8/62, flight SR 2004 with a stop at Karachi (Pakistan), Zurich/Geneva/Peking - cover duly flown with the Peking arrival postmark - Lotto/41620

3/11/1973 - JAPAN - the Trans-Siberian Route - Alitalia flight Az 1978, a Douglas Dc 8/62 aircraft, Tokyo-Moscow-Rome - a cover regularly flown with the arrival postmark of Rome - Lotto/41619

2/11/1973 - ITALY - the Trans-Siberian Route - Alitalia flight Az 1978, a Douglas Dc 8/62 aircraft, Rome-Moscow-Tokyo - a cover regularly flown with the arrival postmark of Tokyo - Lotto/41618

7/10/1973 - ITALY - The Associazione Trasvolatori Atlantici, 40th anniversary of the North Atlantic Cruise. A cover from Rome to Chicago with the postmark " Fiumicino Aer. Roma 40 anniv. Volo Roma - Chicago ", duly postally used with the Chicago arrival postmark in red - Lotto/41617

18/5/1973 - SOUTH AFRICA - the first Alitalia flight with the three-engined Douglas DC-10/30 on the twice-weekly Johannesburg, Nairobi, Rome service - cover properly postally used with the Rome arrival postmark - Lotto/41616

17/5/1973 - ITALY - the first Alitalia flight with the three-engined Douglas DC-10/30 on the twice-weekly Rome, Nairobi, Johannesburg service - cover properly postally used with the South African arrival postmark of Johannesburg - Lotto/41615

28/5/1964 - GERMANY - Lufthansa first transpolar flight, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Anchorage, Tokyo and return - cover flown through the post with the Tokyo arrival postmark - Lotto/41599