A C-2 Greyhound is preparing for an arrested landing on USS Nimitz on Oct. 19, 2009, while dolphins jump in the ship’s wake. An interesting picture, in my opinion, since the idea of power of a US supercarrier is balanced by the sense of freedom transmitted by the dolphins jumping out of water.
“Technology and nature (coexisting) in the Indian Ocean”.
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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