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.
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1974 memories

Recently, Jean-Luc Beghin, a Belgian Aviation Illustrator (I suggest you to visit…

Flying with the SF-260EA

Usually, within my articles and blog posts, I tend to publish the…

Bf-109 relic

Andrea Lusini, a non-commissioned officer belonging to the 37° Stormo, sent me…

NFL technology for UAVs video analysis

American Football is one of my favourite sports and in these days…

First F-35's STOVL propulsion system in-flight test video

The F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) currently deployed at NAS…

Airspace violations – Episode 4 – El Al flight 402 – The Lost Constellation

El Al Constellation vs. Bulgarian MiG-15s. On 27 July 1955 an El…