Qantas B747-438 emergency landing
A Qantas Boeing 747-438, with 346 passengers and 19 crew members, flying from Hong Kong to Melbourne (it was a London - Melbourne flight with a stop in HKG), had…
Rome seaplane station's project (and WWII anti-raid bunker)
In April, I've had the opportunity to attend an interesting exhibition held in Rome that dealt with the project of the Magliana water airport. The exhibition, whose title was "L'aeroporto…
Close up view of the cockpit of the NH90 before it crashed into the Bracciano Lake
Giovanni Maduli, one of my co-workers, sent me the following picture he took at Bracciano a few minutes before the NH90 EI-202 crashed into the Bracciano Lake causing the death…
Fiumicino (LIRF / FCO) 20.07.08
A few hours before on the other side of the World Pope Benedict XVI boarded on the Qantas B747-400 "QF6035" departing from Sydney to Rome Ciampino via Darwin (as usual…
AB.212 emergency landing
According to a brief news published by the ecodicaserta.it website, on Jul 17, an AB.212 of the 9° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare, performed an emergency landing near Mondragone after…
Pope Benedict XVI in Australia with the longest Alitalia twin engine flight ever
When I visited St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney in May 2007 I was surprised to find a display above the Hyde Park gate of the largest Australian chuch. Interestingly, it…
