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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The Universal Studios B-747 crash set

I took the following pictures in 2007, during the Universal Studios tour…

Back up is a must: the AVSIM hack story

A press release, a few months ago struck my attention. AVSIM, one…

Avialsa's Air Tractor AT-802F FireBoss

I've recently written about the Italian Canadairs (read here: http://cencio4.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/the-italian-canadairs-in-seasonal-firefighting-service/), however, there…

Small airplane and tour helicopter collide over Hudson River, NYC

A the helicopter Eurocopter AS350 (N401LH), operated by Liberty Tours, which conduct…

US Air Traffic Control system at hackers risk

During the recent Defcon hacker conference held in Las Vegas, a security…

Wind correction angle

I recently explained how approaches to RWY 13 in Hong Kong Kai…