Clear to land, runway 18…..sorry….runway 19
When I landed in Tampa in 2005 I couldn't imagine that the runway 18 that was used our Song Airlines B757 would be renumbered in a matter of a few…
Modern fighters: why so similar?
Let's make it simple. According to aircraft designers (often accused of copying from other projects....), modern fighters are similar one another because computers model more or less in the same…
Italian troops in Afghanistan need air support AMXs can’t provide
As details about the recent fighting in the Gulistan area, in Afghanistan, that cost the life of another Italian soldier on Dec. 31, 2010, surface, the reason why the Italian…
Airspace violations – Episode 7 – Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Tragedy on the way home. On Sept. 1, 1983, a civilian B-747 flying with registration HL7442 as Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL 007, KE 007) was shot down by…
Is the Chengdu J-20 an F-22/YF-23/Mig-31 hybrid?
When I first saw the leaked images of the Chinese Chengdu J-20 a fifth generation stealth aircraft prototype developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group for the People's Liberation Army Air…
How to target an aircraft carrier
In a recent article about the USS Nimitz and the 5th Fleet, describing why an aircraft carrier is always on the move I explained: ".....upon reaching a specific area of…
