IL SEGRETO DEL FUMO DELLE FRECCE TRICOLORI
4 Oct 2025 · 2 min

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On-location YouTube explainer filmed at the Frecce Tricolori base in Rivolto during the team’s 65th anniversary. The presenter inspects the ten aircraft on the ramp and demonstrates the smoke-generation system: two small tubes inject vaseline oil into hot exhaust gases to create dense white smoke, while pigments added to the oil produce the red and green colors. The oil and pigments are stored in tanks under the wings (separate compartments for fuel and vaseline oil) and are refilled from drums; the presenter asserts the substances are non-toxic.
Questions this video answers
Rivolto airbase
65th anniversary of the Frecce Tricolori
Ten aircraft
Vaseline oil (injected into hot exhaust gases)
By adding a particular pigment to the oil










