Hallo all !
Here i am. A picture is worth a thousand word someone said. So here's
a photo of me and a bird i've flown.I was born in New York, U.S.A. on
November 1978, but i spent most of my life in Rome, Italy where i moved when
i was a child.
The passion for flight has always been present in me, as a child i looked up to the sky every time passed a plane, and i remember the excitement when on those rare occasions, i went to the airport to greet the relatives who traveled to other destinations. 
As a boy i've start built small scale
models. The first plane was a MIG- 29 Fulcrum. To glue on all pices i used the
Super Attak and then painted with a old paintbrush...it was so bad! But i kept
doing more until i
learned doing better.
That is, until one day passing near a field I saw small plane doing acro. A new love was born, since then i gradually past to build RC plane rather than scale model. I spent whole days cutting and glueing wood.
At fourteen,i enrolled to Galileo Galilei High school in Rome, where after five years of studies i've graduated in aeronautical engineering. At age of sixteen i attended a course in parachuting at SMIPAR, that is a military academy, where after months of intense athletic activity and training you are endorsed to jump with a MC1-C parachute, that
is designed for trained special forces, is dedicated to the missions where speed at the point of landing is important and the ground and Grouping are essential for the success of the operation. The parachute is designed for launches bound and consists of a parabolic type caps by
35 feet nylon.In correspondence with the edge cap is a network anti-reversing the purpose of which is to minimize the risks of malfunction during deployment of the parachute, the total benefit to the reliability of the the system. The directionality of the parachute is performed by two ropes control that regulate the opening of the slots present on the cap. The use of low-porosity fabric for the caps, joined to design solutions adopted, guarantee the achievement of low descent speed. .jpg) NATO Stk.N. 1670-01-262-2359 Part Number 200539A Maximum suspended weight: (at sea level)163 KG(360 lbs) Lowering speed:360 lbs sprung weight 14-18ft 4.3to5.5 m/s Maximum opening speed (IAS) 278 km / h (150 kts) Minimum opening (to the ground), 495ft (150m) Specifications cap:Material MIL-C-44378/PIA-44378 Type I beam Funicular Length 22ft (6.7 m) Material MIL-C-5040 Type II-N.ro of Time 30-N.ro of fused apeture 11-System Weight 14 kg (31lbs)
Shortly... after this course finally.... I started putting on the wings!! few monts and my first solo has come! what excitement mixed with adrenaline!! Thise is I-IADT my firs bird...few monts... and PPL was done!.
 Partenavia P66-Ciarlie Pax: 3- and 1 Pilot Engine: Lycoming O-320 (160Hp) Usable Fuel: 163 Lt MTOW: 960 Kg Basic empty weight:594 Kg Category: Semi-Aerobatic Load Factor: +4,4 and -1.7 Cruise Speed: 90Kts,at 2000Ft. 2250 RPM at ISA Condition VNE 177 Kias - VA 118 Kias VNO 121 Kias - VFE 83 Kias Stall Speed Flap DWN. 46 Kias
At these stage of my life i want to thank my father, who believed in me.
my girlfriend that soon will'be my wife,which supported me.
And my flight instructor Walter, for his hard training "TYPE B"where i never flew stright and level for more than 5 minutes.
I've good memorys of that period.
April 1999 i'm flying at Phoenix east aviation that is a great flight school in Florida where i spent eight monts flying and building time.
There i had all that a pilot need...Planes,Sun,Sea,Shuttle and my girlfriend. Of course i worked hard also for my Commercial License,Instrument ratings, Multi engine ratings and night VFR!
I remember with pleasure all those flights at 6000Ft with a PA44-Seminole from Daytona Beach to Key West...where each time, before get back home, a low pass over NASA landing facility was a must!
 Piper Aircraft PA44-180 Seminole
Pax:5- and 1 Pilot
Engine:1 Lycoming 0-360E1A6D (180HP)
2 Lycoming L0-360E1A6D (180HP)
Propeller: 2 Hartzell, 2 Blade Constant speed hydraulically actuated, full Feathering Fuel Capacity: 110 U.S.gal.
MTOW: 3800 Lbs.
Cruise speed:309 KM/h
Range:1630 KM
1999 back to Italy where joined the Italian Air Force. After two monts of training in Viterbo i was assigned in GUIDONIA AFB.For one year I spent time between helicopters, jet, small planes and gliders. They have a good glider flyng school. At same time i've converted all licenses from FAR to JAR roules.I did again all written, oral and flights. More fun!  Boeing CH-47 Chinook General Characteristics CH-47
Length: Fuselage – 52.0 ft. (15.9 m) Incl. Rotors – 99.0 ft. (30.18 m)
Width: 12.42 ft (3,78 m) 15.75 ft (4.8 m) Rotor Diameter: 60 ft. (18.29 m) Height: 18.92 ft. (5.77 m) Propulsion: 2 Honeywell 55-GA-714A engines, 4,733 shp (3,529 kW) each Speed: 155 kt (287 km/h) Fuel: F –1,068 gal. (4,043 L) G/SD – 2,068 gal. (7,827 L) Useful Load: F- 25,000 lbs. (11, 3650 kg) G/SD - 28,537 (12,943 kg) Mission Radius: F – 200 nm (370.4 km) G/SD - 400 nm (740.8 km) Max Gross Weight: F - 50,000 lbs. (22,730 kg) G - 54,000 lbs. (24,493 kg) Mission: Transport of troops, artillery,fuel, supplies, water in support of combat operations, and civil and humanitarian relief. |
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