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Kingscote airport (and CTAF), Kangaroo Island

Kingscote Airport, located on Kangaroo Island (the third largest island of Australia), is probably one of the smallest airports I've ever reached. Its coordinates are 35° 42.8' S 137° 31.3' E, meaning…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 21, 2007

Airborne pickup – part 2

Dan Canin provided some more info concerning the Airborne pickup described in the post titled "Airborne pickup (rejoining with an F-104)": ....... I took a look at your description of the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 18, 2007
Military Aviation

Crossing the International Date Line

Last June I had the opportunity to fly from Queensland, Australia, to California, USA, experiencing the International Date Line crossing. The IDL is an imaginary line located mostly down the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 10, 2007
Aviation

Eurofighter night take off

This is the sight of a night take off of a pair of Eurofighter Typhoon from Grosseto airbase. Picture was taken on August 06th 2007 at 9:10PM LT. I was…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 9, 2007
Aviation

Eurofighter Typhoon at Grosseto

The Italian Air Force has recently received the first of five Eurofighter Tranche 1 Block 5 fitted with the PIRATE (Passive Infra-Red Airborne Tracking Equipment) a passive sensor, combining IRST (Infra-Red Search…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 8, 2007
F-104

Warner Village F-104 – another update

I have received from Iolanda Frisina some pictures of the "Warner Village Starfighter". Even if pictures were made with a mobile phone and are not very clear, they show that…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 7, 2007
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