![1900 Print 1st Prime Minister Italy Sardinia Camilo Benso Count Cavour – Period Paper Historic Art LLC 1900 Print 1st Prime Minister Italy Sardinia Camilo Benso Count Cavour – Period Paper Historic Art LLC](https://www.periodpaper.com/cdn/shop/products/XEIA2_024.jpg?v=1571711683)
1900 Print 1st Prime Minister Italy Sardinia Camilo Benso Count Cavour – Period Paper Historic Art LLC
![Italy's Cavour aircraft carrier successfully completed exercise with Navy and Air Force F-35B - Naval News Italy's Cavour aircraft carrier successfully completed exercise with Navy and Air Force F-35B - Naval News](https://www.navalnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Italian-MoD_Navy-8563c70b-1dc7-45de-aaa7-ac45e33b058211-1.jpg)
Italy's Cavour aircraft carrier successfully completed exercise with Navy and Air Force F-35B - Naval News
Could Italian aircraft carrier Cavour be modified/modernised to operate in a CTOL fashion? I appreciate this is highly unlikely, and she may simply be too small, but is it a [slender] possibility?
![Italian carrier Cavour (C 550) at Norfolk, with American carrier USS Gerald F. Ford (CVN 78) in the background – 13 February 2021 [2048x1367] : r/WarshipPorn Italian carrier Cavour (C 550) at Norfolk, with American carrier USS Gerald F. Ford (CVN 78) in the background – 13 February 2021 [2048x1367] : r/WarshipPorn](https://i.redd.it/rh65f89kehh61.jpg)
Italian carrier Cavour (C 550) at Norfolk, with American carrier USS Gerald F. Ford (CVN 78) in the background – 13 February 2021 [2048x1367] : r/WarshipPorn
![ItN F-35B takes part in main Italian Navy exercise for first time - Blog Before Flight - Aerospace and Defense News ItN F-35B takes part in main Italian Navy exercise for first time - Blog Before Flight - Aerospace and Defense News](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vmIXfNF8eiY/YXDl66fAIjI/AAAAAAAAXWY/0eH4io1pDBM1hUJWcn8iy7qFPaVdTFMswCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Italian_Navy_F35B_Mare_Aperto_exercise.jpg)
ItN F-35B takes part in main Italian Navy exercise for first time - Blog Before Flight - Aerospace and Defense News
![First Two Italian Navy F-35B Returning From The U.S. Land Aboard Cavour Aircraft Carrier - The Aviationist First Two Italian Navy F-35B Returning From The U.S. Land Aboard Cavour Aircraft Carrier - The Aviationist](https://i0.wp.com/theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/F-35Bs-on-Cavour.jpg?fit=1024%2C572&ssl=1)
First Two Italian Navy F-35B Returning From The U.S. Land Aboard Cavour Aircraft Carrier - The Aviationist
![The italian carrier Cavour with a complement of 3 F-35B and half a dozen AV-8B Plus, during the Neptune Strike 23 exercise. [1920x1080] : r/WarshipPorn The italian carrier Cavour with a complement of 3 F-35B and half a dozen AV-8B Plus, during the Neptune Strike 23 exercise. [1920x1080] : r/WarshipPorn](https://i.redd.it/1i6h6hzj6zka1.jpg)
The italian carrier Cavour with a complement of 3 F-35B and half a dozen AV-8B Plus, during the Neptune Strike 23 exercise. [1920x1080] : r/WarshipPorn
![ITS Cavour C550 - IMO 4568866 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos, Information, Videos and Ship Tracker ITS Cavour C550 - IMO 4568866 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos, Information, Videos and Ship Tracker](https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/middle/3/7/9/2307973.jpg?cb=0)
ITS Cavour C550 - IMO 4568866 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos, Information, Videos and Ship Tracker
![The Italian aircraft carrier Cavour (C 550) leaving the Mar Piccolo of Taranto earlier this morning, after having almost completed the refit works to be able to operate the F-35Bs, and heading The Italian aircraft carrier Cavour (C 550) leaving the Mar Piccolo of Taranto earlier this morning, after having almost completed the refit works to be able to operate the F-35Bs, and heading](https://i.redd.it/z3xv9bzx95x41.jpg)