Aviation
First Italian COMAO in Afghanistan
On Jan 18, for the first time since the beginning of the Italian involvement in the Afghan theatre, the Joint Air Task Force (JATF) of the RC-W (Regional Command – West) planned and perfomed a […]
Month: January 2009
Aviation
When Internet-based social networks provide aviation related ideas, images and information
I’ve been recently invited to join a group named FLAPA. Actually FLAPA is an acronym standing for Flight Lunatic Almost Pilots Association and it is not a group by a sort of mailing list run […]
Aviation
How to go Down Under with an Airbus 380 (saving some money)
The title of this post could be deceiving. I’m not suggesting how to get an Airbus 380 inverted for aerobatic purposes. I was just providing an advice for those who want to visit Australia possibly […]
Aviation
Airport Network Failures…
Look at the following picture. It was taken by my friend Rage at the Terminal B of Barcelona airport on Jan 7, 2009. Can you notice something weird? If you look closely, you can see […]
Aviation
US Air 1549 update
During the last few days many new details surfaced about the last 6 minutes (more or less) of US Air 1549 flight that ended with a successful textbook ditching of an Airbus 320 in the […]