No Fly Zone – The Aviationist

Photo: This is what being intercepted inside a No-Fly Zone by an F-16 fighter jet looks like

August 11, 2012 David Cenciotti 1

I took the following picture few years ago while flying a so-called SMI (Slow Mover Interception) exercise from Trapani airbase, in Sicily, Italy. On board a slow moving Siai 208 single engine light plane, whose […]

There's a place in London where RAF Typhoons will buzz your car during the Olympics

May 4, 2012 David Cenciotti 1

If you plan to visit London during the Olympic Games and you are an aviation geek, I suggest you to pay a visit to one of the best (temporary) spotting places ever. Judging by the […]

Libyan Uprising

German Typhoon pilots train hard (while other fighter pilots lose proficiency flying boring patrols over Libya)

September 15, 2011 David Cenciotti 0

While NATO and some partner’s fighter jets continue with pretty boring patrol flights to enforce a Libyan No-Fly Zone that is slightly becoming useless (given the total lack of aerial threats), Germany has deployed its […]

Free Libya's new airport: a mountain highway

July 18, 2011 David Cenciotti 2

Few days ago I published an article after seeing a picture that showed two single seat Mig-21bis and one double seat Mig-21UM flying over Benina airbase at the end of June. The image not only […]

Picture taken near Benghazi raises question: is the Libyan No-Fly Zone active?

July 13, 2011 David Cenciotti 1

Thanks to a post on the ACIG.org forum, I found an article published on the Detroit Free Press titled “Obama acting lawfully on Libya, adviser says” that shows an extremely interesting picture of three FLAF […]