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Italian Air Force

ItAF C-130J Special Colour

In order to celebrate the 75.000 flight hours with the C-130J, the 46^ Brigata Aerea of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) prepared an interesting Special Colour. Actually it…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 15, 2008
Aviation

An Italian AF Falcon 900 overshoots at Ciampino

On Oct. 14, a Falcon 900 belonging to the 31° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force, ItAF) overran the runway at Ciampino airport on landing and came…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 15, 2008
Military Aviation

Sonic booms and condensation clouds (explained)

Here's a primer on condensation clouds, sonic booms and Prandtl-Glauert Singularity. Pictures taken at Axalp always rise the same question: people want to know if the condensation clouds surrounding the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 13, 2008
Aviation

Another supersonic scramble

Even if in the F-104 age there were many scrambles, I remember that only a few times the interceptor "broke" the sound barrier during the mission. Even in the post…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 10, 2008
F-104

More from the GEA Reunion

I have been receiving more pictures about the first GEA Reunion held in Cervia on Oct. 4. The following ones were provided by Matteo Marianeschi; noteworthy the image depicting the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 10, 2008

Qantas flight forced to land: is turbulence dangerous?

On Oct. 7, an A330-330 "VH-QPA", flying from Singapore to Perth as Qantas 72 with 303 passengers and 10 crew members on board, made an emergency landing in Learmonth Western…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 7, 2008
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