{"id":22455,"date":"2019-05-06T18:31:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/?p=22455"},"modified":"2019-05-06T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T21:31:00","slug":"ayrton-senna-e-homenageado-com-aviao-estilizado-da-forca-aerea-brasileira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/ayrton-senna-e-homenageado-com-aviao-estilizado-da-forca-aerea-brasileira\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayrton Senna is honored by the Brazilian Air Force with a customized fighter jet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The iconic colors from Ayrton Senna\u2019s helmet were painted on a Mirage 2000C, which was also decorated with the three-time F1 world champion\u2019s signature; the Air Force is also celebrating the 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the flight Ayrton Senna made on a Mirage III in An\u00e1polis, Goi\u00e2nia<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Three-time F1 world champion Ayrton Senna made a supersonic flight 30 years ago, on a Brazilian Air Force fighter jet. To honor this historic moment and also the 25th anniversary of the legacy left by him, the Air Force has customized a Mirage 2000C with the iconic colors from the helmet worn by the greatest driver ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-22455 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/?attachment_id=134'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ezgif-frame-014-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The plane was officially unveiled last Friday, at the An\u00e1polis air base, in the state of Goi\u00e2nia. On March 29, 1989, Senna fulfilled his dream of breaking the sound barrier by going over 1.700 kmh (1,056 mph) on a Mirage III from An\u00e1polis\u2019 Jaguar Squadron. Two years before, in 1987, Senna had already flown on a fighter jet, in Rio de Janeiro, but there was almost no press coverage, unlike what would happen two years later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Leonardo Senna represented the greatest idol in Brazilian motor sports and flew on a fighter jet. Ayrton\u2019s brother also wore a special helmet, with the same color scheme of the one the F1 three-time champion used to wear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201c[Ayrton] was much more peppered than I am. They say he asked to fly very close to the ground, but I didn\u2019t make the same request, even though I did want some excitement\u201d, said Leo Senna.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Colonel Antonio Mioni, the An\u00e1polis Air Base commander, commented on Ayrton\u2019s relationship with the military branch. \u201cThe Air Force has Ayrton Senna as its idol, not unlike most Brazilians. He\u2019s special to us\u201d, said the Colonel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Fighter jets were constantly on Ayrton Senna\u2019s mind \u2013 so much so that, at the time, Sid Mosca, who originally designed Senna\u2019s helmet, also styled a special helmet for the driver with planes on the top of the iconic piece.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Sid\u2019s son, Alan Mosca, felt honored in taking part of the tribute to Senna, by developing the new livery for the Mirage 2000C alongside designer Ra\u00ed Caldato, responsible for the artwork.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cWe were able to combine several historic dates in the same tribute to Ayrton. The 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of his legacy, the 40<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the Jaguar Suadron and also Senna\u2019s flight on the Mirage III, 30 years ago. I\u2019m very happy for being asked to take part in this tribute and I thank Ra\u00ed (Caldato) for making such a beautiful layout\u201d, says Alan, making sure to point out that the official seal of the 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of Ayrton\u2019s legacy was put right next to the plane\u2019s fuel tank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Ra\u00ed, who has also designed the helmet worn by Lewis Hamilton \u2013 a five-time F1 champion \u2013 has personally approved the airplane. \u201cThis project was very important to me, since it has combined two of my greatest passions: aviation and my obsession with Ayrton. I thank the Air Force and the Ayrton Senna Institute for taking part in this project\u201d, says Ra\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iconic colors from Ayrton Senna\u2019s helmet were painted on a Mirage 2000C, which was also decorated with the three-time F1 world champion\u2019s signature; the Air Force is also celebrating the 30th\u00a0anniversary of the flight Ayrton Senna made on a Mirage III in An\u00e1polis, Goi\u00e2nia Three-time F1 world champion Ayrton Senna made a supersonic flight [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,17,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias","category-novidades","category-senna-na-midia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}