During the filming of Marco Paolini’s latest film, the pilot of a Tiger Moth had a heart attack in the air. The incident happened at Romeo Sartori Aerodrome at Asiago near Vicenza.
The pilot of a Tiger Moth vintage biplane had a heart attack on Monday whilst in the air; he still managed to land the plane safely. He later died. On board with him was a cameraman taking part in the shooting of a film on the Austrian Empire’s WWI Fallen Soldier.
The pilot was 73-year-old Renato Fornaciari, originally from near Parma; he had been resident for some time in Trentino in the far northeast of Italy. The incident happened at the Romeo Sartori Aerodrome at Asiago near Vicenza in Veneto.
On-land shooting of the biplane had been postponed due to cloudy weather.
The 1930s Tiger Moth had been rented for Italian film director Marco Paolini’s latest film. Never-Never Land, the Real Story of Peter Pan´ is about an Austro-Hungarian soldier who died in the 1918 Battle of Monte Grappa. He is buried in the Cima Grappa Shrine.
