Airspace violations – Episode 6 – Lybian Arab Airlines B727 vs. Israeli F-4s Phantom
Shot down over Sinai. On Feb. 21, 1973, the B-727 "5A-DAH" belonging to the Libyan Arab Airlines regularly scheduled as Flight 114 from Tripoli to Cairo via Benghazi was shot…
The IMAM Ro.37bis found in Afghanistan
The IMAM Ro.37 Lince (Italian for "Lynx") was a two-seat Italian reconnaissance and close air support biplane, purchased as part of the programme launched by the Regia Aeronautica (Royal Italian…
Caproni Ca.1
On May 27, 2010, 100 years after its first flight, the only preserved Caproni Ca.1 performed an engine start-up and made a short taxied for a few meters at Volandia…
A day with the RSV
On May 25, 2010, Giovanni Maduli visited the RSV (Reparto Sperimentale Volo, Flight Test Wing) along with the ARSV association (friends of the RSV) and took the following images of…
New images from the ItAF Museum
On Jun. 18, 2009, the Skema was opened again after 2 years of works. I visited the pavilion, that is now fully air conditioned to provide the most suitable temperature…
F-35C first flight (and heat and noise concerns…)
On Jun. 6, 2010, piloted by Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Jeff Knowles', a retired Naval Aviator and test pilot who flew F-14As and F-14Ds operationally' and who was also chief…
