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AT PALAZZO VECCHIO THE MAK PI 100 OF THE DOUHET SCHOOL

 
27/05/2018
Author: Lt. Lorenzo Petricca
Source: Air Force Military School “Giulio Douhet” – Florence
On Sunday 27 May, at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, in the presence of the Commander of the Air Force Institute of Military Sciences, Air Division General Stefano Fort, the traditional "Mak π 100" celebration took place, which this year featured 43 young student officers of the Mito Course, in their third and final year of education at the School.
 
Following the welcome address by the School Commander, Colonel Prisco Antonio Monaco, the male cadets in their historical uniforms and the female cadets in splendid white evening gowns engaged in nineteenth-century dances and choreography that brought to mind traditional debutante balls.
 
Held for the first time in the splendid setting of the Salone dei Cinquecento, the event was entirely organised by the students, with the support of the School’s staff. The “Makπ100” was therefore a further opportunity for the students to demonstrate to their very emotional families the maturity they had acquired during the three years spent within the School.
 
The title “Mak π 100” comes from a playful and sarcastic Piedmontese expression “mac pi sent”, which means ”only a hundred days”. It expresses the anxious wait for the end of the period of education before the state exams and the subsequent farewell to the school.
A tradition that repeats itself over time, bearing witness to the cohesion that unites the members of each course and their bond with the “Giulio Douhet” Military Aeronautical School, which welcomes them at just fifteen years of age and prepares them for a future at the best Italian and foreign universities or in military academies.