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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ItAF SF.260AM sold in US

Dan Canin, a Lockheed test pilot, has recently shed some light on the…

Principe de Asturias

The Spanish aircraft carrier Principe de Asturias, made a port visit in…

Bomba lake

Bomba Lake is a small moutain lake located next to "Bomba" a…

Pentagon point

The following Reporting Point (RP) was used by Grazzanise F-104s while flying in accordance…

The F-104 boneyard

Here are a couple of screenshots taken from Google Earth, showing the…

Flying the TF-104G-M Starfighter

“Mix 153, Grosseto Tower, line up and wait runway 03”. It is…