Alitalia MD-11 hard landing at Kai Tak
In the previous post about Kai Tak ("Kai Tak thrilling approach") I explained how particular and somehow dangerous an approach to RWY 13 in Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport…
Kai Tak Thrilling Approach
The Breathtaking Approaches and Unique Challenges of Kai Tak International Airport Once the third busiest airport of the world, the Kai Tak International Airport was the international airport of Hong…
High Blaze: Dutch Cougars and Chinooks at Frosinone
As explained in a previous post, Dutch military helicopters have been deploying to Frosinone, Italy, homebase of the 72° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) to conduct…
Preserved aircraft at the Museo Storico Aeroporto Cameri
After publishing the article about the preserved aircraft found at Istrana airbase by Matteo Marianeschi (http://cencio4.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/images-from-istrana-airbase-home-of-the-51%c2%b0-stormo/), I was contacted by Simone Bovi who told me he had taken some picture…
More G8 summit-related traffic in Rome
The following pictures were taken in the morning of Jul. 11, 2009, by Giovanni Maduli, who went again to Urbe airport to see the departure of the US Army CH-47s…
An interesting visitor at Rome Ciampino
On Jun. 5, 2009, I took the following picture of an interesting civilian B767, with registration N767A that was parked in the VIP apron of the 31° Stormo of the…