Airborne pickup (rejoining with an F-104)
There are basically 2 ways to rejoin a chasing aircraft with another aircraft of a different type: the interception and the so-called "airborne pickup". Since I'm talking about dissimilar aircraft, I'm not considering the formation take-off, something…
Baucau and Australia's invasion anxiety
During my recent travel to Australia I was given from Gianni, my local guide, some interesting information concerning Aussie's fear of an invasion. He explained that at the end of…
F-16 immelmann after takeoff
On the ItalianVipers forum there was an interesting discussion following a video found on Youtube showing a flight of 3 F-16s of the 23rd Gruppo, performing an Immelmann after take-off from Cervia. I suggest…
Panoramic photography – part 3
Grazzanise 07.04.04 The famous 9-99 rests in front of a shelter in the 10th Gruppo area of the Grazzanise airport. Two AMX of the 32nd Stormo are visible on the…
Panoramic photography – part 2
Grazzanise 19.09.03 10th Gruppo apron Grazzanise 17.12.03 Grazzanise boneyard at the end of Year 2003 Grazzanise 07.10.04 Deployed to Grazzanise for the Ex. Destined Glory 2 HAF F-4s taxy to…
Panoramic Photography
Panoramic photography is one of the great achievements of the photographer in the digital era. Stitched panoramic shots, made by series of overlapping shots joined using special software, provide views that normal lenses could…
