Mr Luciano Compostella

[Robby Hunt]

The Il Gruppo Modellistico Monzese (Italian aero model club) is reporting the unfortunate passing of F2B great Luciano Compostella...

[RandySmith]

In celebration of Luciano's life - Bob Hunt 

Amen , He will be missed

Randy

[Tania Uzunova]

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[Randy Cuberly]

While I never had the opportunity to meet Mr Compostella, I followed his modeling and stunt escapades in the printed word and pictures with interest throughout my years in aeromodeling.
I attended a Stunt contest in Milan in the middle 1960's that he was slated to attend but he was said to be ill and was not there.
I heard many stores of his stunt escapades while in Italy in the Service and later in the modeling magazines.

Truly a great man has passed from our midst.

God Speed Mr Compostella.  Fair winds and tight lines...

Randy Cuberly

[Mike Keville]

So sorry to learn of this.  I met him at the Worlds in Sweden, 1996.  Very nice man, and great flyer.

[Les McDonald]

Luciano was a gracious and wise man. I remember him very well.
He was the unofficial patriarch of the Italian stunt fliers and I'm sure his memory will live on.
I enjoyed being around Luciano and his buddy Salvador Rossi. I just felt like I was participating in something special. They were like characters from an old movie.
I still tell the story about the dinner the Italian wives fixed for us in England. I was looking foward to some gourmet "Italian" and was stunned to see a big jar of Ragu heated up in a pot and poured, unadulterated, over some excellent pasta. That being said the meal was fantastic.
I also recall, vaguely, drinking huge amouts of wine with them at the banquet after the 76 Champs in Holland.
Luciano was a true stunt guy. He could fly, he knew how to compete and his passing is a loss to all of us.
Tonight I will raise a glass and think of him.

[proparc]

This is very sad news for me. Bob Zambelli and I discussed Luciano's work with 4 stroke motors well over a decade ago. Bob actually flew with a lot of these Italian gentleman in Italy, and consequently, he knew of their work firsthand. I consider Mr. Compostella the father of the 4 stroke motor in F2B, and a great man in the world of controlline stunt. He was unquestionably a pioneer in F2B, and a great and true modeler.

So many of us are leaving. I guess its our demographic and it's something we just have to accept.

[Brett Buck]

This is very sad news for me. Bob Zambelli and I discussed Luciano's work with 4 stroke motors well over a decade ago.

   It was a great deal more than a decade ago. Compostella was about the only person who flew them for a LONG time, even before Mikey Pratt, Ted, and others did the initial work in the mid-80s.

   I unfortunately never had the chance to meet the man but he's an icon of the event.

     Brett

[proparc]

   It was a great deal more than a decade ago. Compostella was about the only person who flew them for a LONG time, even before Mikey Pratt, Ted, and others did the initial work in the mid-80s.

   I unfortunately never had the chance to meet the man but he's an icon of the event.

     Brett

Yes, true for Luciano's work, but Bob and I discussed it about a decade ago.

[Paul Walker]

Sad to hear of his passing. I talked to him each time we were at the world champs at the same time. I remember his Falco at the '92 world's.  I just looked at him with a look of disbelief and he simply smiled! This is because it was a 4 stroke powered biplane. He did well with it.

He always had a smile on his face and was always willing to talk. I will miss him.

[M Spencer]

Believe the 4-S was 81 Euro Champ . ? A certain Spifire is a Pirate of This . No Complaints .

' Tango ' was published 70s , Aeromodellor Mag .




' its not wether you Win or loose , it's how you play the game . '

[M Spencer]

He Competed in the FIRST World  Control Line Champs ! in F2B .

some of his designs ; here     http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=22021.0

[John Hammonds]

Sad news indeed, My condolences to his family and many friends. One of our club members John Allcock has campaigned one of Luciano's designs (Kamacc) in Classic over here for a good many years, It looks a little battle weary now but considering it's probably old enough to vote it's still a great flyer and took him to 3rd place at this years CLAPA champs. Another club member also has a Kamacc which is nearing completion.

TTFN
John.

[Robert Zambelli]

While working as a consulting engineer at Agusta Helicopter in Cascino di Costa, Italy, I had some free time and was able to hook up with Massimo Semoli, of the GMM. We went to thier flying field in Monza (Monzese) and I was introduced to Clemente Cappi, Alberto Maggi and of course, Luciano.
Besides the flying, we did quite a bit of socializing where I got to know these interesting people quite well.
I saw Luciano fly the Falco (Hawk) biplane and was amazed at his piloting skiils as well as the performance of the aircraft.
He owned a small coltelleria (cutlery store) in Monza and kept some of his planes in the apartment upstairs.
Luciano was a true gentleman. On my last visit, Luciano gave me a set of full-size plans for the Tango and reduced plans for the Lampo (Flash) and Falco. Yes, I will share them with anyone interested.
Here are some shots on the planes and GMM logo.

  Bob Z.

[Tania Uzunova]

Richard Kornmeier GER, Jiri Vejmola CZE, Luciano Compostella ITA, Andriy Yatsenko UKR

Belgrade 2007 - Photographer Claudia Kehnen (Germany)