Three HH-3F cleared to fly
The Italian Air Force (ItAF) has ordered the return to their homebases of the 3 HH-3Fs of the 15th Stormo, that were on a deployment airport when all the "Pelikans"…
An F/A-18D crashes into a residential area in San Diego
On Dec. 9, an F/A-18D belonging to the VMFAT-101 of the USMC crashed into San Diego following an engine failure. The aircraft had departed from a routine mission from the…
F-104 profiles
Richard J. Caruana, an established aviation author and illustrator, sent me the following file f-104-layout_low containing an interesting series of F-104 profiles. The profiles were published on MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL…
Inflight childbirth = lifetime free tickets?
In the last days I've spent a lot of time on the following website: http://gc.kls2.com/ It provides an interesting and useful tool to draw Great Circle routes: a great circle…
On board the Cavour aircraft carrier
On Nov. 9, during the Armed Forces Day celebrations (see also: November 4th 2008 - 90th Anniversary of the end of WWI) I went to Civitavecchia to visit the brand…
Tishreen War Panorama Museum, Damascus, Syria
Recently I had the opportunity to visit Damascus, in Syria, one of the most wonderful and interesting towns of the Middle East. Damascus is an ancient town (for some historical…
