David Cenciotti is a freelance 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 four books.
Split screen footage shows Navy C-2A Greyhound performing bolter, waveoff and trap landing on USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. A couple of weeks ago we published a video showing the […]
Did you know that the E-2 Hawkeye is considered one of the most difficult aircraft to land on a flattop? Each airplane has its own peculiar features and needs to be handled differently while approaching […]
The legendary F-14 Tomcat’s first victory in air-to-air combat. Aug. 19 is an important date for the Tomcat community, because on this day in 1981 US Navy F-14s were involved for the first time in […]
