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Aviation

AC-27J Gunship Lite

In a previous post (75.000 flight hours for the ItAF C-130J and first C-27J delivered to the US Army) I explained that two C-27J of the 98° Gruppo of the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 23, 2008
Italian Air Force

International Fighter 2008

On Nov. 5 and 6, the Istituto di Scienze Militari Aeronautiche (ISMA), Italian Air Force Institute of Military Aeronautical Sciences in Florence, as part of the celebrations for the 70th…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 22, 2008
Military Aviation

Qantas 72 update: faulty data in the ADIRU 1

Even if it is too early to have a full explaination of the causes of the Qantas flight QF72 plunge that caused many injuries (see also: "Qantas flight forced to…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 20, 2008
Italian Air Force

75.000 flight hours for the ItAF C-130J and first C-27J delivered to the US Army

As already written in the previous post ItAF C-130J Special Colour the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) achieved 75.000 flight hours with its fleet of 22 Lockheed Martin C-130J,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 16, 2008
Italian Air Force

ItAF C-130J Special Colour

In order to celebrate the 75.000 flight hours with the C-130J, the 46^ Brigata Aerea of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF) prepared an interesting Special Colour. Actually it…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 15, 2008
Aviation

An Italian AF Falcon 900 overshoots at Ciampino

On Oct. 14, a Falcon 900 belonging to the 31° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force, ItAF) overran the runway at Ciampino airport on landing and came…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 15, 2008
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