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F-35B and F-35C

A few days ago I wrote a post about the F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, single-engine, stealth multirole fighter, that will also equip the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 26, 2009
Aviation

An ItAF C-130J crashes in Pisa

On Nov. 23, 2009, around 14.10 LT, a C-130J belonging to the 46^ Brigata Aerea, crashed in Pisa, next to the active runway (more or less here) causing the death…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 24, 2009
Aircraft Carriers

First "naval" JSF lands at NAS Patuxent River

During my visit to the USS Nimitz in the Indian Ocean last month, I had the opportunity to see the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets in action. The Super Hornet is…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 21, 2009
Aviation

ECOLUX Airlines: my virtual airline in Airline Manager game

Airline Manager is an addicting Facebook game (http://apps.facebook.com/airline_manager/index.php) developed outside the Social Network, that let you create and manage your own airline; buy aircraft; choose routes according to the aircraft…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 18, 2009
F-104

"A special plane": air-to-air video of the special coloured F-104

Between 2003 and 2004, Piercarlo Ciacchi, a former F-104 pilot currently flying with the Frecce Tricolori display team, produced a series of videos he took flying with the Starfighter from…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 15, 2009
Airspace violations

Airspace violations – Episode 3 – Swedish Catalina vs. Soviet MiG-15s

Swedish Affair. Are you sure that neutral countries have never been involved in military clashes? In the years following the end of WW2, despite the long-standing neutrality, Sweden began to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 13, 2009
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