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Aviation

The Macchi C.202 Folgore of the National Air and Space Museum

The picture shows the aircraft Macchi C.202 Folgore marked 9476 exhibited at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. The aircraft is one of the few Italian WWII…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 15, 2010
Aviation

Following the Ryanair diversion to Fiumicino by means of ADS-B

An increasing number of aircraft enthusiasts and spotters around the world have been using receivers portable Mode-S/ADS-B receiving station and relative software for real-time tracking of flights on a sort…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 14, 2010
Italian Air Force

De Havilland DH-100 “Vampire" for Volandia Museum

The following pictures were taken by Giancarlo Ventura at Malpensa airport and depict the De Havilland DH-100 “Vampire" a recent addition to the collection of "Volandia", the museum located at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 13, 2010
F-104

The "F-104 return to flight" hoax

After reading some news dealing with the presumed imminent return to flight of an airworthy Italian F-104 (obviously hoaxes related to the April Fool's Day), I decided to publish the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 1, 2010
F-104

Starfighter pilots' view

In the last days I had the opportunity to watch the last two DVDs dedicated to the F-104 produced by Pro-Wing International; those filmed in October 2004 that focus on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 31, 2010
Italian Air Force

A mysterious "zap"

During my recent visit to Pratica di Mare, I noticed that many of the aircraft that attended the static display of the 87th Anniversary of the Aeronautica Militare, were "zapped"…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 30, 2010
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