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Aviation

Close up view of the cockpit of the NH90 before it crashed into the Bracciano Lake

Giovanni Maduli, one of my co-workers, sent me the following picture he took at Bracciano a few minutes before the NH90 EI-202 crashed into the Bracciano Lake causing the death…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 22, 2008
Aviation

Fiumicino (LIRF / FCO) 20.07.08

A few hours before on the other side of the World Pope Benedict XVI boarded on the Qantas B747-400 "QF6035" departing from Sydney to Rome Ciampino via Darwin (as usual…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 21, 2008
Aviation

AB.212 emergency landing

According to a brief news published by the ecodicaserta.it website, on Jul 17, an AB.212 of the 9° Stormo of the Aeronautica Militare, performed an emergency landing near Mondragone after…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 18, 2008
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Pope Benedict XVI in Australia with the longest Alitalia twin engine flight ever

When I visited St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney in May 2007 I was surprised to find a display above the Hyde Park gate of the largest Australian chuch. Interestingly, it…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 17, 2008
Aviation

Helmet Mounted Display for the C-27J & Sky-X automatic refueling

Until I received the press release and the following pictures from Alenia Aeronautica, I'd always thought that Helmet Mounted Displays were available only on fighters. And I was wrong, since…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 17, 2008

Air-to-Air videos

Each time I fly I have at least one camera with me. Doesn't matter if I'm in a B747-400, an MD-80 or a Siai 208. I like to take as…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 11, 2008
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