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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.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 25, 2008
Aviation

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 23, 2008
F-104

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 21, 2008
Italian Air Force

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 19, 2008

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 18, 2008

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 17, 2008
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