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Italian Air Force

De Havilland DH-100 “Vampire" for Volandia Museum

The following pictures were taken by Giancarlo Ventura at Malpensa airport and depict the De Havilland DH-100 “Vampire" a recent addition to the collection of "Volandia", the museum located at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 13, 2010
F-104

The "F-104 return to flight" hoax

After reading some news dealing with the presumed imminent return to flight of an airworthy Italian F-104 (obviously hoaxes related to the April Fool's Day), I decided to publish the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 1, 2010
F-104

Starfighter pilots' view

In the last days I had the opportunity to watch the last two DVDs dedicated to the F-104 produced by Pro-Wing International; those filmed in October 2004 that focus on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 31, 2010
Italian Air Force

A mysterious "zap"

During my recent visit to Pratica di Mare, I noticed that many of the aircraft that attended the static display of the 87th Anniversary of the Aeronautica Militare, were "zapped"…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 30, 2010
Aviation

ItAF 87th Anniversary, Pratica di Mare, 26.03.10

"This is not the time to stand still. This is the time to build, with flexible far-sightedness, the new Air Force's architecture so that it is integrated and not absorbed…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 27, 2010
Italian Air Force

Latest from Decimomannu airbase

Giovanni Maduli, who is a frequent visitor of Decimomannu airbase, just sent me the following pictures he took in the last week showing the Italian and German aircraft deployed in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 18, 2010
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