This is what the Lost Squadron Marchetti looks like flying off your wing. (With the smoke system on, of course.) Roger recently attended a formation flying clinic at Riverside Airport in California. He humbly described it as "...me learning what my airplane already knows how to do."
"Roger and I perfected these formation skills on jet-skis in Lake Havasu. Hey, it's a fun way to practice."--Paul

Lost Squadron's 1979 Tiger and 1971 SF-260 photographed from the catwalk around the tower at Chino Airport, making them look like toy planes.

A composite of this photo, and a taxi view, hang in Flo's Airport Cafe, Chino CA.

Before it boasted Lost Squadron's graphics, our Marchetti lived a bit of interesting history. Built in 1971 as an SF-260B, it served as a training aircraft for the Ziaire Air Force. It was brought into the United States by Frank Sanders where it was modified to a "C" model.

                                                                     SIAI SF-260C Marchetti

From there speed mods were made around the gear doors, and a DeMars Akro 345hp engine was installed. The plane was seen for years touring the country as the number three ship in the "Team America" airshow act.

"The influences come from all over, as one might guess. Tail stripes are vaguely reminiscent of invasion stripes although they more closely resemble the stripes on a motion picture slate.