| Author | Message | ||
| Patman36 (Patrickr)
Junior Member Username: Patrickr Post Number: 135 Registered: 4-2002 |
Great story... great picture!  Patrick | ||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 980 Registered: 5-2002 |
What kind of engine was in a Spad biplane? It looks to be an inline engine of some sort. Was it an 8 or a 12 cylinder? Do you see where I'm going with this? Was that a Dino Spad or a REAL Ferrari Spad with a 12 cylinder? All we have to determine is the number of cylinders in Baracca's Spad, and we will have the absolute TRUE number of cylinders that make a TRUE Ferrari. | ||
| Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
New member Username: Ferraristuff Post Number: 2 Registered: 4-2003 |
The story below can be found on FerrariStuff.com complete with a hi-res version of the photo. The text comes, as mentioned, from "My terrible joys" by Enzo himself. Jack www.FerrariStuff.com | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Intermediate Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 1418 Registered: 8-2002 |
For those that are interested, there's an interesting article in Ferrari World #11 (March/April 1991) about the restoration of Baracca's Spad VII. | ||
| Bart Boonacker (Sharky666)
Member Username: Sharky666 Post Number: 287 Registered: 9-2002 |
Andreas, here it is : Francesco Baracca + plane with prancing horse:  | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 793 Registered: 10-2002 |
Some of the better books actually show a picture of that flying ace and his plane with the horse on the side. Don't have one with me right now, otherwise I would have posted. | ||
| Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Member Username: Ernie Post Number: 620 Registered: 11-2001 |
Very interesting. I was wondering how they came up with that. | ||
| BILL CHIUSANO (My355)
Junior Member Username: My355 Post Number: 57 Registered: 3-2003 |
I REALLY LIKE THIS FACTS FOUND THRU ANOTHERS POST LED ME TO THIS INFO.... The Ferrari Prancing Horse Logo Story The History of the Ferrari Prancing Horse Logo The history of the provenance of the prancing horse in the Ferrari logo is not always clear to everybody and to be honest, we can only go by the explanation that Enzo Ferrari has given himself in his autobiography "My terrible joys" which first appeared in 1963 and in which he says: "As my trade mark, I continued to use the rampant horse that had been used on the cars of the old Scuderia Ferrari. The story of this rampant horse is a simple and fascinating one. The emblem was emblazoned on the fighter plane of Francesco Baracca, the ace of World War I, who was shot down at Montello. In 1923, when competing in the first Circuito del Savio, at Ravenna, I made acquaintance of Count Enrico Baracca, the hero's father; as a result of that meeting, I was subsequently introduced to the ace's mother, the Countess Paolina Baracca, who one day said to me: Ferrari, why don't you put my son's rampant horse on your car? It will bring you luck" I still have Baracca's photograph, with his parents dedication in which they entrust the horse to me. The horse was, and has remained, black; whilst I myself added the gold field, this being the color of Modena" MY355/MYNSX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |