About the book: 2002 / The beginning of the design of the Re.2000 aircraft dates back to 1938, when the Italian Ministry of Aviation issued a design assignment to leading aircraft manufacturers single-engine fighter - a monoplane with a star-shaped engine and armament from two Breda-SAFAT machine guns with a caliber of 12.7 mm. The winner of the competition was to become the main aircraft of the Italian Fighter Aviation.