Macchi MB-326K Pilots Receive Type Rating

Back in late September, 2019, we reported on the then-recent first flight of a 1970s-vintage Aermacchi MB-326KZ military jet trainer. This was an unusual situation in that this specific airframe had never flown before, since the original construction contract (for the Zairean military) ended up getting cancelled before Aermacchi could complete its manufacture. With the contract's cancellation, the partially assembled aircraft went into covered storage, with the hopes that another customer would pay for its completion. This never materialized... until the advent of the jet warbird movement in Italy, which saw Renzo Catellani’s Volafenice flyi…