Luigi Giuseppe Zanotti (Luigizanotti)

Originally the plane was to have a Curtiss-Wright turbo-ramjet engine, but this ran into problems and a more conventional Allison J71-A-4 turbojet was..

July 2005, Andersen AFB, Guam... Where you have lost a B-2 recently.
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Please note the marking on the tail section of the top most one: 'Not For Flight: Ground Use Only.' Even understanding that it meant 'mock-up', it sti..

...maybe not with this airplane and on that beach ;)

Please, tell me it is not what I think.

The Northrop YA-9 was a prototype attack aircraft developed for the USAF, but passed over in preference for the Fairchild YA-10 that became the A-10 T..

A United States Airman 1st Class of the 21st Security Police Squadron Guards the Antonov An-225 Mriya ("Cossak") as It Sits On the Flight Line
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The corner of Paradox Euphoria for the series "Don't leave me here!" or "It is not any funny!".

Have you ever wondered how the people of the tankers mark their mission?

Now you know how the British do it! One thing, I wonder what's..

A gift for "cpasley". hope you find it better than the other one. A bit dark though.(http://www.patricksaviation.com/photos/Luigizanotti/23545/)
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I didn't make out that the 27mm rounds were actually so big.

[UPDATE]The Mauser BK 27 is used in the Panavia Tornado, the Alpha Jet, th..

The Japanese may eventually make up to 98, at a cost of roughly 110 million USD each in 2004 dollars. Ironically, the cost per unit of what is essenti..

The mockup of the Yakovlev Yak-44 C3I airplane. There is still the slight chance that china will buy some but, after the stop to the works on the Ulya..

The Martin P6M SeaMaster, built by the Glenn L. Martin Company, was a 1950s strategic bomber flying boat for the United States Navy that almost entere..

A Soviet An-225 Mriya Heavy Transport Aircraft Parked On the Flight Line While Two MiG-29 Fighter Jets Fly Overhead
August 1, 1989, Elmendorf A..

Notice please how tiny the yellow 'follow me' looks.

You really don't have an idea of how big it is.

A test of the ejection seat.

Notice the removal of the RWR and IFF aerials from the tailfin. The Tarang RWR's forward looking antennae are now housed in the leading edge while the..

The beginning of a Love Story?

Don't ask... Don't know.

[UPDATE] This vehicles is NOT undergoing any testing! It is a 'normal' condition of exercise: it is just taxii..

Work started in 1980s under the FS-X program, and began in earnest with a memorandum of understanding between Japan and the United States. It would le..

Three Visible USAF F-15 Eagle Fighter Jets With the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing Escort Two Soviet MiG-29 Fighter Jets to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alas..

An imperfect interceptor that reached its maturity as a superior reconnaissance airplane.

From left to right (as you can read by yourself):
FAB-500 (fugasnaya aviabomba, 500Kg - demolition air-launched bomb 500kg) in two versions;

Everyone knows the MiG-31... what many do not know is that there are AT THE LEAST six variants of this colossal airplane. Among them, one was equipped..

A Russian surfaced diesel-electric sub convinced to leave the area by a Viggen.

Sukhoi has delivered four upgraded (as they say: modernized) Su-24M2 Fencer tactical bombers to an Air Force regiment in Russia's Far East.
The..

C'Mon, don't you see the windshield? On May 12, 2002, a hangar housing a Buran 1.01 orbiter (possibly the actual Buran that flew in 1988) collapsed du..

Ha Phan (sic), Vietnam, 1967
A U.S. twin-engine transport Caribou crashes after being hit by American artillery near Duc Pho on August 3, 1967. ..