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Italian Air Force

Night activity at Grosseto airbase

On Dec. 5th I went again to Grosseto to make take some long exposure shots during night activities (see also my previous post here). Typhoon MM7287 operating with the RSV…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 7, 2007
Italian Air Force

C-27J C.S.X. 62127

In a previous post (acrobatic flight with the C-27J) I described my flight with the Alenia C-27J serialled C.S.X. 62127. Noteworthy, Giovanni Maduli went to Pratica di Mare on Nov. 30th…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 3, 2007
Aircraft Carriers

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.

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 30, 2007
Italian Air Force

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 30, 2007
F-104

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 28, 2007

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…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
November 19, 2007
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