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B787 Dreamliner maiden flight pictures
On Jan. 16, 2009, the long awaited Boeing B787 Dreamliner completed a maiden flight that represents the first step towards the official delivery to All Nippon Airways, the first airline, destined to r… more →
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B787 Dreamliner maiden flight pictures
David Cenciotti wrote 5 hours ago: On Jan. 16, 2009, the long awaited Boeing B787 Dreamliner completed a maiden flight that represents … more →
ECOLUX Airlines: my virtual airline in Airline Manager game
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David Cenciotti wrote 4 weeks ago: Airline Manager is an addicting Facebook game (http://apps.facebook.com/airline_manager/index.php) d … more →
Beware of some old flight and navigation instruments!
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David Cenciotti wrote 2 months ago: This post is addressed to the many visitors of this site who repair, restore or simply collect old i … more →
Airspace violations - Prologue
David Cenciotti wrote 3 months ago: This is the first of a series of articles, written with Simone Bovi, about military and civilian air … more →
The Universal Studios B-747 crash set
David Cenciotti wrote 3 months ago: I took the following pictures in 2007, during the Universal Studios tour in Hollywood, CA, USA. They … more →
Avialsa's Air Tractor AT-802F FireBoss
David Cenciotti wrote 4 months ago: I’ve recently written about the Italian Canadairs (read here: http://cencio4.wordpress.com/200 … more →
Small airplane and tour helicopter collide over Hudson River, NYC
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David Cenciotti wrote 4 months ago: A the helicopter Eurocopter AS350 (N401LH), operated by Liberty Tours, which conduct tours of NYC an … more →
US Air Traffic Control system at hackers risk
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David Cenciotti wrote 4 months ago: During the recent Defcon hacker conference held in Las Vegas, a security researcher explained how … more →
Wind correction angle
David Cenciotti wrote 4 months ago: I recently explained how approaches to RWY 13 in Hong Kong Kai Tak airport could be spectacular, thr … more →
Air Transport IT Security needs
David Cenciotti wrote 4 months ago: There are a lot of signs confirming the (near) future positive trends in Information Security invest … more →
Alitalia MD-11 hard landing at Kai Tak
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David Cenciotti wrote 4 months ago: In the previous post about Kai Tak (“Kai Tak thrilling approach”) I explained how partic … more →
Kai Tak thrilling approach
David Cenciotti wrote 4 months ago: Once the third busiest airport of the world, the Kai Tak International Airport was the international … more →
An Italian Typhoon intercepts a Primera Air B-737
David Cenciotti wrote 5 months ago: On Jul. 10, 2009, a Primera Air Boeing 737-700, with registration TF-JXG, flying as GX-362 flight, f … more →
The mysterious end of Air France flight 447 (AF447)
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David Cenciotti wrote 6 months ago: As everybody knows, on Jun 1, 2009, an Airbus 330 of the Air France, flying as AF447 from Rio de Jan … more →
Push back from the tractor operator's point of view
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David Cenciotti wrote 6 months ago: A few weeks ago, Des Barker sent me the following interesting pictures showing the impact of a civil … more →
Rome Urbe airport - LIRU - 01.05.09
David Cenciotti wrote 6 months ago: On May 1, Giovanni Maduli went to Urbe airport, in the Northern part of Rome, to take pictures of th … more →
Alitalia B767 in SkyTeam livery
David Cenciotti wrote 6 months ago: The folllowing pictures taken at Rome Fiumicino airport show the Alitalia B767-300 “EI-DBP … more →
Helicopters and the risk of RFID hacks
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David Cenciotti wrote 7 months ago: Eurocopter and Telit recently signed a contract according to which, Telit RF Technology will develop … more →
A very rare bird!
David Cenciotti wrote 7 months ago: Giovanni Maduli sent me the following extremely interesting picture of a Beechcraft Super King Air 2 … more →
