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Aviation

ItAF 87th Anniversary, Pratica di Mare, 26.03.10

"This is not the time to stand still. This is the time to build, with flexible far-sightedness, the new Air Force's architecture so that it is integrated and not absorbed…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 27, 2010
Italian Air Force

Latest from Decimomannu airbase

Giovanni Maduli, who is a frequent visitor of Decimomannu airbase, just sent me the following pictures he took in the last week showing the Italian and German aircraft deployed in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 18, 2010
Aviation

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 16, 2010
Aviation

"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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 10, 2010
Aviation

"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,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 10, 2010
F-104

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 4, 2010
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