Flying with the MB.339CD
In a previous post dealing with the Air-to-Air photography, I explained just a few of my air-to-air pictures are 3/4 frontal (thus taken looking in the circular area behind the…
Typhoon Block 5 and Cold War alert
Claudio Carretta left an interesting comment on my post Eurofighter Typhoon activity at Grosseto advising that among the aircraft spotted on Aug. 6, MM7285 "4-16" was the first Eurofighter Typhoon…
Kingscote airport (and CTAF), Kangaroo Island
Kingscote Airport, located on Kangaroo Island (the third largest island of Australia), is probably one of the smallest airports I've ever reached. Its coordinates are 35° 42.8' S 137° 31.3' E, meaning…
Airborne pickup – part 2
Dan Canin provided some more info concerning the Airborne pickup described in the post titled "Airborne pickup (rejoining with an F-104)": ....... I took a look at your description of the…
Crossing the International Date Line
Last June I had the opportunity to fly from Queensland, Australia, to California, USA, experiencing the International Date Line crossing. The IDL is an imaginary line located mostly down the…
Eurofighter night take off
This is the sight of a night take off of a pair of Eurofighter Typhoon from Grosseto airbase. Picture was taken on August 06th 2007 at 9:10PM LT. I was…
