Ten thousand meters above the volcano
Franco Italiano’s world record attempt
In the summer of 2021, Franco Italiano, 64 years old from Santa Venerina, a municipality in the province of Catania, will try to beat the world altitude record in a gyroplane. The current record is held by the Venetian Donatella Ricci, who managed to reach 8400 metres.
Italiano has the aim of reaching ten thousand metres, a suggestive measure, but which does not slow down the enthusiasm of those who have been flying for 35 years with the same passion as always.
In this framework, the meteorological research group operating at the Department of Mathematical and Informative, Physical and Earth Sciences (MIFT) of the University of Messina and at the CISFA Consortium, coordinated by Prof. Salvatore Magazù, a group that includes certified meteorologists, will offer the forecast support necessary to attempt to break the world record. In particular, the necessary weather forecasts will be provided, as well as specific highly personalized products (Skew-T) in which the expected meteorological parameters in the vertical column of the atmosphere near the volcanic area of Etna will be reported.
