Survivors
Three Veltros survive today, one of which was restored to flying conditions and participated in numerous aerial displays until the end of 1986.
All C.205s that are preserved are hybrids made up of parts of C.202s mixed with those of C.205s.
One, MM.91818 (bearing the registration MM 9372), is on display at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan. Restoration was completed in 1981 by the Italian Air Force together with Fiat and Aermacchi.
Another two are on display at the Museo storico dell'Aeronautica Militare in Vigna di Valle. MM.9546 is displayed as a MC.205 and MM.92166 is displayed as a MC.202.
In November 2006 the engine and cockpit of a crashed C.205 were found 8 meters underground, with the pilot still in his seat, in Correzzola, near Padua, and can be viewed on request at the air museum in Fusignano.
A C.205 replica can be seen outside Rome's Palazzo dell'Aeronautica, and another in Volandia Park and Museum of Flight at Vizzola Ticino.
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