{"id":5911194,"date":"2026-07-17T11:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/neil-williams-zlin-folded-wing-inverted-landing-1970\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:06:13","slug":"neil-williams-zlin-atterraggio-rovesciato-con-ali-ripiegate-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/neil-williams-zlin-folded-wing-inverted-landing-1970\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripieg\u00f2 l&#039;ala all&#039;indietro, in volo."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>A mille piedi di altitudine sopra il Wiltshire, mentre usciva da una picchiata verticale con una forza cinque volte superiore a quella di gravit\u00e0, Neil Williams ud\u00ec un botto e sent\u00ec la fusoliera sobbalzare. L&#039;ala sinistra aveva iniziato a ripiegarsi. Nei secondi successivi, il campione britannico di acrobazia aerea fece qualcosa di cos\u00ec lucido e controintuitivo che i piloti lo studiano ancora mezzo secolo dopo: capovolse l&#039;aereo \u2013 di proposito \u2013 per rimettere a posto l&#039;ala.<\/p>\r\n<p>E poi \u00e8 atterrato. In posizione invertita, quasi all&#039;ultimo secondo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 24px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: .03em; color: #111;\">INFORMAZIONI RAPIDE<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Pilota<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Neil Williams \u2014 Campione britannico di acrobazia aerea e pilota collaudatore<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Data<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">3 giugno 1970, Hullavington, Inghilterra<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Aeromobili<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Zl\u00edn Z-526A Akrobat (G-AWAR)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Fallimento<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Crepa da fatica nel longherone principale; ala sinistra ripiegata verso l&#039;alto<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">La soluzione<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Capovolto, il flusso d&#039;aria ha riportato l&#039;ala in posizione.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Risultato<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Atterrato sano e salvo, con lievi contusioni; insignito della Menzione d&#039;Onore della Regina.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">L&#039;esplosione a cinque G<\/h2>\r\n<p>Williams si stava esercitando per i Campionati Mondiali di Acrobazia Aerea a bordo del suo Zl\u00edn, un monoposto ceco molto apprezzato dai piloti da competizione. Mentre si stava riprendendo da una picchiata verticale a circa 300 metri di altitudine, con una forte accelerazione di 5 G, la trave inferiore del longherone dell&#039;ala sinistra si ruppe. L&#039;ala si pieg\u00f2 verso l&#039;alto e l&#039;aereo inizi\u00f2 una virata che non riusc\u00ec a controllare con i comandi.<\/p>\r\n<p>Un pilota meno esperto sarebbe finito male. Williams, con 6.500 ore di volo sul suo registro, ha risolto il problema nel tempo che la maggior parte delle persone impiega a battere le palpebre. Se l&#039;accelerazione positiva faceva ripiegare l&#039;ala verso l&#039;alto, allora l&#039;accelerazione negativa \u2013 spingendo nella direzione sbagliata e facendo sbattere lo stomaco a tutti \u2013 avrebbe potuto farla ripiegare di nuovo verso il basso.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid  #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201c&quot;Pertanto, gli alettoni vennero invertiti e venne applicata un&#039;accelerazione negativa mentre il muso si abbassava. Quando l&#039;aereo si capovolse, l&#039;ala torn\u00f2 bruscamente nella sua posizione corretta con un forte botto. Si scopr\u00ec che l&#039;aereo poteva essere pilotato in modo del tutto normale anche in volo capovolto.&quot;\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Neil Williams<\/strong> \u2014 dal suo stesso racconto, tramite Michael Riley<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=2080309628  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/zlin-z-526a-akrobat-2.jpg\" alt=\"Zlin Z-526A Akrobat\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Un Zl\u00edn Z-526A Akrobat, lo stesso modello del G-AWAR di Williams. Amato dai piloti da competizione, non era mai stato concepito per tornare a casa capovolto con un&#039;ala rotta. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Funzion\u00f2. Capovolta, l&#039;ala torn\u00f2 nella posizione corretta, ma solo finch\u00e9 l&#039;accelerazione negativa la mantenne in quella posizione. Nel momento in cui si fosse raddrizzato, avrebbe iniziato a ripiegarsi di nuovo. Cos\u00ec Williams prese una decisione straordinaria: avrebbe volato per l&#039;intero circuito, l&#039;avvicinamento e l&#039;atterraggio a testa in gi\u00f9, per poi raddrizzarsi all&#039;ultimo istante possibile.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aj2uFT5YuO4\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Si allontan\u00f2 capovolto e il motore si spense immediatamente. Nel panico dei primi secondi aveva chiuso l&#039;alimentazione del carburante, temendo di schiantarsi. La riapr\u00ec e, con il sistema di alimentazione capovolto dello Zl\u00edn che gli garantiva solo pochi minuti di autonomia, si prepar\u00f2 per il suo impossibile avvicinamento.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid  #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cAppena mi sono capovolto, il motore si \u00e8 spento: avevo chiuso l&#039;alimentazione del carburante quando ho pensato che mi sarei schiantato. L&#039;ho riacceso e sono risalito, premendo le ginocchia contro i lati dell&#039;abitacolo per impedire alle gambe di tremare.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Neil Williams<\/strong> \u2014 dal suo stesso racconto, tramite Michael Riley<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">In piedi all&#039;ultimo secondo<\/h2>\r\n<p>Mentre la soglia della pista gli scivolava sopra la testa \u2013 era, ricordiamolo, a testa in gi\u00f9 \u2013 Williams inizi\u00f2 una lenta manovra di atterraggio rovesciato. Nell&#039;istante in cui lo Zl\u00edn si stabilizz\u00f2, lo raddrizz\u00f2 e lo lasci\u00f2 cadere gli ultimi metri sulla pancia, proprio mentre l&#039;ala sinistra cedeva definitivamente. Usc\u00ec illeso, con solo qualche livido. Non aveva con s\u00e9 il paracadute; in seguito disse che se lo avesse avuto, si sarebbe lanciato, e il mondo non avrebbe mai saputo cosa aveva fatto invece.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=2087905800  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/zlin-526-akrobat-3.jpg\" alt=\"Zlin 526 Akrobat\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Williams ricevette la Menzione d&#039;Onore della Regina per il Servizio Valoroso nell&#039;Aeronautica. Tre settimane dopo aver ricevuto un sostituto per Zl\u00edn, si classific\u00f2 quinto ai Campionati del Mondo. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Il filmato qui sotto \u00e8 una ricostruzione moderna della sequenza: quel giorno del 1970 non c&#039;era nessuna telecamera accesa, solo un pilota, un&#039;ala pieghevole e una mente che si rifiutava di bloccarsi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cTppRwujXIM\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Neil Williams ha scritto il libro sull&#039;acrobazia aerea, letteralmente; il suo libro del 1975 <em>Acrobazie aeree<\/em> \u00c8 ancora un punto di riferimento fondamentale per i piloti da competizione. Mor\u00ec nel 1977 mentre, insieme alla moglie Lynn, faceva atterrare un bombardiere d&#039;epoca tra le nuvole su una montagna spagnola. Ma il giorno in cui l&#039;ala si pieg\u00f2, dimostr\u00f2 che lo strumento pi\u00f9 potente in qualsiasi cabina di pilotaggio \u00e8 un pilota che continua a pensare.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Fonti: AOPA; FLYING THINGS (Michael Riley); rapporto AAIB; Wikipedia.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">Post correlati<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/1965-carmel-mid-air-collision-airmanship\/\">Mancavano 25 piedi d&#039;ala, ma \u00e8 atterrato<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/saburo-sakai-zero-ace-guadalcanal-wounded-flight\/\">Colpito al cranio, vol\u00f2 via<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quando l&#039;ala del suo Zl\u00edn inizi\u00f2 a ripiegarsi a 5G, il campione di acrobazia aerea Neil Williams si capovolse per forzarla a raddrizzarsi, atterrando per\u00f2 a testa in gi\u00f9.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5910961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[665,666,664],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5911194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-world","category-history-and-legends","category-military-aviation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neil Williams: The Folded-Wing Inverted Landing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 1970 aerobatic pilot Neil Williams felt his Zlin&#039;s wing spar fail mid-display. 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