F-16 immelmann after takeoff
On the ItalianVipers forum there was an interesting discussion following a video found on Youtube showing a flight of 3 F-16s of the 23rd Gruppo, performing an Immelmann after take-off from Cervia. I suggest…
Panoramic photography – part 3
Grazzanise 07.04.04 The famous 9-99 rests in front of a shelter in the 10th Gruppo area of the Grazzanise airport. Two AMX of the 32nd Stormo are visible on the…
Panoramic photography – part 2
Grazzanise 19.09.03 10th Gruppo apron Grazzanise 17.12.03 Grazzanise boneyard at the end of Year 2003 Grazzanise 07.10.04 Deployed to Grazzanise for the Ex. Destined Glory 2 HAF F-4s taxy to…
Panoramic Photography
Panoramic photography is one of the great achievements of the photographer in the digital era. Stitched panoramic shots, made by series of overlapping shots joined using special software, provide views that normal lenses could…
Cavour aircraft carrier
Giovanni Maduli sent me this picture of the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour (550) he took recently in Fincantieri's shipyards in Muggiano, near Genoa. The ship, that will be delivered to the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) in 2008, has an…
Why do the Frecce Tricolori fly with "blank tails"?
On March 28th 2007, the Frecce Tricolori made a flypast on Vigna di Valle museum, during the ceremony for the 84th Anniversary of the Aeronautica Militare (ItAF). The following pictures,…
