Giornata Azzurra 2008 – pictures (part 2)

May 28, 2008 Giornata Azzurra, Italian Air Force, Military Aviation
David Cenciotti

The following pictures were taken during the air display of May 25 by Giovanni Maduli. Noteworthy, the P.180 suffering a tyre problem just after landing on RWY31, the Belgian F-16 pilot with an Italian flag, the images of the tactical event and the sequence of the Mi-24 realising flares.

























More pictures dealing with the static display and the departures will be published in the next days.

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

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1 Comment

  1. Cencio

    Now i can send u my compliments to Giovanni….

    On sunday the location was different together the public (200000 people).

    Unfortunately the location of public and reporters was against the sunshine…no good.

    Some people were discovered in the opposite side of the runway with the sun on back so in the afternoon they were able to take pictures without problem.

    But this location was forbidden due to security reason… but we are in Italy….

    Ciao

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