Display pilot

May 25, 2009 Italian Air Force, Military Aviation, Patches

David Cenciotti

Some of the most rare and interesting patches are the Display Pilot / Display crew ones worn by the pilots of the RSV (Reparto Sperimentale Volo, Test Wing) of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF). Two patches are assigned to the pilots and crews by the commander of the 311° Gruppo Volo at the beginning of the display season and they are strictly reserved to the crews and can’t be sold to anyone else.

Following are the images of the famous collection of RSV patches:

About David Cenciotti

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.