Airspace violations – Episode 5 – The Downing Of The U-2 Piloted By Francis Gary Powers
“Dragon Lady 360 missing” On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, near the city of Sverdlovsk. This episode is remembered as…
Exclusive pictures: Thomas Cook leaking fuel after take off
I received the following interesting pictures from Simone Bovi. The images were taken on Feb. 21, 2010, at Turin Caselle airport by Beppe Miglietti (who I thank you for providing…
Can a helicopter crash because of a translation error?
The title of this post says it all. Most of the Italian readers of this blog will remember the fatal crash on an Italian HH-3F of the 84° CSAR (Centro…
Just a nice pic
A C-2 Greyhound is preparing for an arrested landing on USS Nimitz on Oct. 19, 2009, while dolphins jump in the ship's wake. An interesting picture, in my opinion, since…
Close Call: HUD Footage Shows A Near Miss Between Two F-16s and a Civilian B-737 in 2006
HUD video shows a near miss between F-16s and a B-737. I don't know how this (leaked?) video was obtained. I'm not even sure it will remain online for a…
Defence firms sponsor Haiti relief mission: "Ottawa Citizen" newspaper quotes David Cenciotti's weblog
The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by CanWest Global in Ottawa, Canada, with a circulation of 141,540. In an interesting article published on Feb. 14, 2010, by…
