Beware of some old flight and navigation instruments!
This post is addressed to the many visitors of this site who repair, restore or simply collect old instruments like altimeters, turn and slip indicator, compasses, etc. However, former pilots…
How to take pictures of your flight helmets, militaria and collectibles
Each time I took pictures of my pieces, flight helmets, navigation instruments, radios, fuel gauges, aircraft antennas, etc, I always faced with the problem of getting a blank, clear background…
RFID at Luke AFB
As I explained in a previous post (Helicopter and the risk of RFID hacks) RFID applications are spreading also within the world of aviation. The article I propose below deals…
Airspace violations – Episode 2 – U.S. PB4Y-2 Privateer vs. Soviet La-11s
Cold Baltic Sea, hot Baltic skies In the years of Cold War, the usual crossroads of the International spying was the Baltic Sea, a narrow part of sea overlooking the…
Latina 19.09.09: SF-260AM's last flight
On Sept. 19, the 70° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) held a ceremony for the last flight of the SF-260AM (replaced by the SF-260EA). The last…
The Frecce Tricolori' sightseeing tour of Rome
On Sept. 13, between 14.30 and 16.00LT, as widely advertised by the media and by a specific NOTAM, the Frecce Tricolori of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) overflew…
