My name is David Cenciotti and I was born in Rome in 1975. I'm a private pilot, a former 2nd Lt. of the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force, ItAF), a journalist and graduate in Computer Engineering. I've been writing since 1996 for major aviation magazines such as Air Forces Monthly, Revista Força Aérea, Fighter Tactics. In Italy, after working for Aeronautica & Difesa and Airline for many years, I work exclusively for RID, the most important Defense magazine, and Rivista Aeronautica, the magazine of the ItAF. Find out where to read my latest articles and reports published monthly on magazines all around the world here: http://cencio4.wordpress.com/newsstand/ As an expert in aviation, I also write some of the texts of the documentaries of the Troupe Azzurra, the ItAF "combat camera" team. During my career as a journalist, I have build up a discreet experience flying with many of the aircraft of the Aeronautica Militare; I'm one of the few civilians proudly wearing the “1 flight hour on the TF-104” patch to witness my flight with the Starfighter back in Y2000. I'm the author of "F-104 Storia di un mito", the only official book published by the Italian Air Force to celebrate the retirement of the Starfighter in 2004. I'm also a photographer and my pictures have been used in books, magazines, websites and calendars. This is a place to talk about military aviation, flying, photography and much more.

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The above image was created by Andy Spagna, as a gift for my first trap landing on the USS Nimitz, by modifying a real "Centurion" patch celebrating the 100 arrested landing on the aircraft carrier.

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