[1][2] Having committed an act of indiscipline in flight, he was moved to the Malpensa Bombardment School as a punishment measure.

[1][2] At the end of the war he was assigned to the Reparto Sperimentale Volo (Experimental Wing) of the re-established Italian Air Force based at Guidonia.

On 23 July 1952 he flew the first Italian de Havilland DH.100 Vampire, built under licence by Fiat and Macchi.

In 1953[3] he left the Air Force with the rank of Colonnello (Colonel),[4] and was hired by Fiat Aviazione where he worked as a test pilot for Vittorio Valletta and Giuseppe Gabrielli.

On 18 July 1970 he participated in the maiden flight of the Aeritalia G.222 prototype with co-pilot Pietro Paolo Trevisan.