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Many Aviation Fans Are Patch Collectors And Here Are Some of Our Favorite And Rarest Pieces.

April 1, 2020 Tom Demerly David Cenciotti

We Take a Look at Some of The Most Interesting Patches In our Collections . Chances are, if you’re an aviation fan, you’re also an aviation patch collector. As founder and editor of TheAviationist.com, David […]

Italian Eurofighter Typhoons get checkered tails

November 25, 2012 David Cenciotti

The 18° Gruppo of the Italian Air Force has had checkered tails on its planes since it flew the F-104 Starfighter in the 1980s. Image credit: ItAF Then, the traditional checkerboard appeared on the fin […]