The Nike Hercules of the Italian Air Force Museum
A recent visit to the Italian Air Force Museum in Vigna di Valle provided the opportunity to take some close up pictures of the MIM-14 Nike Hercules missile that was…
June 2: Italian Republic Day
On Jun. 2, 2010, to celebrate the Republic Day, with the traditional flypast of the Frecce Tricolori over Rome. I have already explained my opinion on the flypast here. Noteworthy…
A new (civil) Special Colour
To celebrate the new Zurich - San Francisco route, beginning on Jun. 2, 2010, Swiss International Air Lines has painted, for the first time ever, one of its Airbus A340,…
Cervia, 16-17.04.10 – Con la Diana sul Petto – Part 3
The following pictures were taken during "Con la Diana sul Petto" event, on Apr. 16, at Cervia airbase. Even if the mini-airshow was not organised to celebrate the disbandment of…
Starex 2010 – part 2
More pictures taken at "XMannu" (X is the Roman numeral for 10th or 10°, in Italian "Decimo", so XMannu is a short form for Decimomannu) on May 11, 2010, by…
Banner target release
The following sequence of images taken by Giovanni Maduli, shows "Bullet", an MB.339A assigned to the RSSTA (Reparto Sperimentale e di Standardizzazione del Tiro Aereo), releasing a banner target over…
