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.
This will remind you a famous scene of “Lord of War” movie. On Jul. 18, a Construcciones Aeronauticas SA Casa 212-200, N604AR flying from Entebbe International to Juba, in South Sudan, performed a successful emergency […]
Interesting footage has emerged of a pilot successfully ejecting from a Hungarian Air Force Gripen jet after crash landing. On Jun. 10, a Hungarian Air Force JAS-39C single-seater Gripen jet crashed at Kecskemét airbase, in […]
An interesting documentary about the story of a B-58 Hustler and its landing after 14 hours in the air. On Sept. 18, 1961 a Convair B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber of the U.S. Air Force SAC […]
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Is this a Griffon Spitfire?
Supermarine Spitfire.
I know. A Griffon was the engine for post/late war models.
No. It’s a custom built (or kit) designed to look like a Spitfire. It’s a pretty poor “replica”. Aircraft looks to be about three-quarters the size of a real Spitfire.
Gotcha! Thanks.
Clue is in the article – it’s 80% the size of a real one – Close guess though!
Nice. He made it look like landing an RC plane.
Sweet landing he did everything by the book.
Actually, it was not perfect. He should have shut down his engine and glided in at a steeper glide slope and then pulled up for the belly landing. Hitting the ground with a running engine, he will now have a full tear down and rebuild of that as well. A huge mistake.
Is this a Griffon Spitfire?
Supermarine Spitfire.
I know. A Griffon was the engine for post/late war models.
No. It’s a custom built (or kit) designed to look like a Spitfire. It’s a pretty poor “replica”. Aircraft looks to be about three-quarters the size of a real Spitfire.
Gotcha! Thanks.
Clue is in the article – it’s 80% the size of a real one – Close guess though!
Nice. He made it look like landing an RC plane.
Sweet landing he did everything by the book.
Actually, it was not perfect. He should have shut down his engine and glided in at a steeper glide slope and then pulled up for the belly landing. Hitting the ground with a running engine, he will now have a full tear down and rebuild of that as well. A huge mistake.