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.
According to a brief news published by the ecodicaserta.it website, on Jul 17, an AB.212 of the 9° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare, performed an emergency landing near Mondragone after experiencing an engine fire. The […]
The Battle of Britain was the first major defeat of Germany during World War 2. October 31, 2020 conventionally marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Britain. The battle, described also […]
The last remaining Sea Vixen jet made an emergency landing at Yeovilton, UK. And here’s an interesting video. As we have already reported, the last remaining Sea Vixen aircraft, XP924 G-CVIX “Foxy Lady”, performed an emergency […]
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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.