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…
Falcon 900EX MM62171 Special 100.000FH
On Jul. 13, 2009, a Falcon 900EX of the 93° Gruppo, serialled MM62171, rolled out at Rome Ciampino with a special colour scheme applied to celebrate the 100.000 flight hours…