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Aviation Safety

Close Call: HUD Footage Shows A Near Miss Between Two F-16s and a Civilian B-737 in 2006

HUD video shows a near miss between F-16s and a B-737. I don't know how this (leaked?) video was obtained. I'm not even sure it will remain online for a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 19, 2010
Aircraft Carriers

Defence firms sponsor Haiti relief mission: "Ottawa Citizen" newspaper quotes David Cenciotti's weblog

The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by CanWest Global in Ottawa, Canada, with a circulation of 141,540. In an interesting article published on Feb. 14, 2010, by…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 15, 2010
Aircraft Carriers

A "Catapult shot" Persona to change the look of your Firefox browser

Personas are easy-to-install themes that change the look of your Firefox web browser. They are different from themes since they change just the look of the browser without changing the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 15, 2010
Military Aviation

Fighter World Museum – Australia

Located some 200 chilometers to the North of Sydney, NSW, Austrlia, Fighter World is a museum of Australian military aviation, providing a unique insight into the past and the present…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 8, 2010
Military Aviation

Italy's Government Aviation

I wrote the below article for the August 2009 issue of Air Forces Monthly. As the Italian Civil Protection often makes the news as happened during the relief effort after…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 6, 2010
Italian Air Force

Unusual formation

On Feb. 2, the following formation was seen overflying Pratica di Mare airbase. Even if the aircraft involved can fly at the same speed without particular problems, it is quite…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 5, 2010
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