An Alitalia B777 makes an emergency landing in Recife
On Sept. 25, an Alitalia B777-200 flying from Rome Fiumicino to Buenos Aires with 295 people on board, performed an emergency landing in Recife, Brasil, for an unspecified technical problem.…
Italian spare F-16s
In the article about the Italian F-16s published a few days ago (Italian F-16s in details), I mentioned that despite the Aeronautica Militare was expecting 4 F-16B to cannibalize for…
Istrana preserved F-104
On Sept. 8, Matteo Marianeschi visited Istrana where he discovered the following preserved F-104G. According to the information he got during the visit by a pilot, the aircraft had arrived…
Italian F-16s in details!
In order to answer to the many questions people always ask me through the site about the Italian F-16s, together with Pierpaolo Maglio, one of the greatest Viper's expert, I've…
Spanair 5022 crash video published by Elpais.com
The Spanish newspaper El Paìs has just published on his website a video of the Spanair 5022 crash, recorded by the airport' surveillance camera. Unfortunately the video is not clear…
Varazze Airshow
A few days ago I discussed about airshows performed above the surface of the water (see Air displays above the water: a “risky business”?). A really interesting air display is…