New picture of the Cavour carrier spotted in the Tyrrhenian sea
Riccardo Braccini, Aviopress Editor, sent me this interesting picture of the new Italian aircraft carrier Cavour that he took from an Italian Coast Guard helicopter on November 8th, at 11.21 LT.
Aerobatic flight with the Alenia C-27J
On October 13th 2007 I had the possibility to fly a mission on board an Alenia C-27J "Spartan". The aircraft, serialled C.S.X. 62127 and wearing the JCA winner logo, is…
MM6507 update
I went to Grazzanise on Nov. 21st to talk again with the pilots of the 21st Gruppo and noticed that the F-104 "51-01" MM6507, that was being restored in the former 10th Gr…
Air-to-air photography with the F-104D in 1964
Steve McCutcheon left two interesting comments on both my posts "Airborne pickup (rejoining with an F-104)" and "Air-to-Air photography". He wrote that my story and pictures reminded him about his flight in…
F-104 MM6930 Special Colour: 999 or 9-99?
On Sep. 19, 2003, the 10th Gruppo Caccia, held an official ceremony at Grazzanise airbase to unveil an F-104S/ASA-M painted in a celebrative colour scheme. It was the very first…
Another restored F-104 leaving Grazzanise
During the visit at Grazzanise on Oct. 22nd, I took this picture depicting a restored F-104S/ASA-M ready to leave apron in front of the GEA (former Centro Manutenzione), for an…
