Flying to/from Maldives….barefoot
My friend Stefano Salemi, an amateur photoreporter, gave me the following pictures he took at Male' and Velavaru during his recent vacation. The images show the Twin Otter seaplanes operated…
"Italian Starfighters": how to buy the ultimate F-104 book
Hardcover: 216 pages; Glossy Paper (gr. 170); Four-colour printing; Case bound cover 2 mm., with a glossy jacket (gr. 130): Italian Starfighters is a must-have book for the F-104 and…
"Italian Starfighters": come acquistarlo
Quasi un milione di ore di volo complessive; 42 anni di servizio; 360 esemplari in forza a quindici gruppi di volo: sono questi i “numeri” dell’F-104, uno dei più famosi,…
Italian Starfighters! Coming soon…..
Here's a quick preview of the cover of my new book about the F-104 in the Italian Air Force. Five years from its last flight, an exceptional collection of the…
First Italian KC-767 (not) delivered to the Italian Air Force
On Feb. 26, 2010, FlightAware Alert Service sent me an automatic mail as the aircraft with registration N764TT had filed a Flight Plan (FPL) from KIAB (McConnel AFB) to LIRE…
Airspace violations – Episode 5 – The Downing Of The U-2 Piloted By Francis Gary Powers
“Dragon Lady 360 missing” On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, near the city of Sverdlovsk. This episode is remembered as…
