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AirportsVlora airport: activists defend flamingos
The protest: the dock under construction would threaten the Narta lagoon
The new Albanian airport under construction near the city of Vlora worries environmentalists. At the heart of their fears is the possible alteration of the ecosystem of the Narta lagoon, near which the... more
CuriositiesMissed aircraft. After 54 years it's solved the mystery of DC-3 airplane with soccer player on board
Santiago, Chile - A group of local climbers find the wreck at 3000 meters altitude, on the Chilean Andes
It solved the mystery of the DC-3 disappeared in 1961 on board the players of Club de Deportes Green Cross, historical Chilean team, now dissolved. A group of Chilean mountaineers said they had found... more
CuriositiesAlitalia: this month new partners and many events around Italy including some exclusive exhibitions
Rome, Italy - With "Experience Italy" initiative; three major categories: museums, theatres and cinemas
Following the recently opened exhibitions at Scuderie del Quirinale and at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, new partners continue to join Alitalia’s “Experience Italy” initiative. It is an initiative which... more
CuriositiesOriginal photos: AW-101 helicopter flies UK Prime Minister David Cameron during NATO Summit
London, United Kingdom - The Prime Minister and the delegation of the United Kingdom in Wales for the important appointment
The Finmeccanica - AgustaWestland AW101 helicopter will transport the UK Prime Minister David Cameron and the UK delegation during the two day NATO Summit, which will be attended by more than 60 wo... more
CuriositiesFinmeccanica: its employees will not travel by airplane anymore
Rome, Italy - The new CEO Mauro Moretti prescribes new rules for saving money
As Mauro Moretti already did when he was in charge at Ferrovie dello Stato, also in his new role as CEO of Finmeccanica –Italian public group for defense and aerospace- he strongly wants to rationalize t... more
Curiosities"Leonardo da Vinci" airport in Rome-Fiumicino: as from today cribs from all around the world
Rome, Italy - Manufactured with different materials and techniques
The CEO of ADR (Aeroporti di Roma, management company of the airport), Lorenzo Lo Presti, is pleased to host an exhibition of cribs from the Holy Roman Empire SS.Quirico and Giulitta Museum collection... more
CuriositiesLeonardo da Vinci's project materialised with Robotic insects
Milan, Italy - Presented at Milan
One of the main attractions of the 18th World Congress of International Federation for Automatic Control (IFAC), being held at the "Università Cattolica di Milano" from August 28 till September 2, is... more
CuriositiesCopy of Codex on the Flight of Leonardo will be brought to Mars
Turin, Italy - On NASA's MSL
According to reports made by Charles Elachi (director of JPL, Jet Propulsory Laboratory, of Pasadena) to the students of "Space Robotics: new technologies and frontiers" seminar held in Turin's Polytechnic,... more
CuriositiesAeroporti di Roma: Easter with "Hearth"
Rome, Italy - The "Leonardo da Vinci" airport points to a solidarity with an initiative
At Easter the airport "Leonardo da Vinci" makes an appointment to solidarity with the return of the "United to support positive thoughts". Transit passengers at the Roman airport will have the opportunity... more
CuriositiesATR consigned to Azul "Pink" airplane
Toulouse, France - To sponsor the breast cancer fight
ATR, a joint-venture between Alenia Aeronautica (a Finmeccanica company) and EADS, today delivered to the Brazilian carrier "Azul Linhas Aéreas" a pink painted ATR-72 aircraft, in order to promote the... more
CuriositiesAeroporti di Roma: parking of "Leonardo da Vinci" gets pinker
Rome, Italy - Tomorrow, on the occasion of March 8th
Tomorrow, March 8th, Aeroporti di Roma will celebrate the female passengers departing and arriving at "Leonardo da Vinci" Rome-Fiumicino airport, offering them a mimosa branch together with an information... more
Curiosities"Un secolo con le ali" exhibition: the Ansaldo SVA-9 airplane
Turin, Italy - It was built in about 2000 units
"Il secolo con le ali" is the title of the historical exhibition promoted by Italian Air Force (AMI) to celebrate a hundred years of the military flight in Italy, ongoing in Turin until next March 29. Here... more
CuriositiesEurofighter Typhoon showcased in Piazza Duomo, Milan (Italy)
Milan, Italy - Until Sunday November 8 for the celebrations of the armed forces
"One of the prototypes of the most advanced and modern European defense aircraft, the Eurofighter Typhoon, is being showcased in Milan, Italy, in Piazza Duomo within the celebrations dedicated to the Italian... more
Curiosities"Master" is the name chosen for the Aermacchi M-346 trainer
Venegono, Italy - Over 4,000 entries were received
"The Examination Committee of the competition to name the M-346 trainer selected the name 'Master' for the new M-346 advanced trainer/Lead-In Fighter Trainer, entirely designed and built by Alenia Aermacchi,... more
CuriositiesThe auction house "Christie's" evaluates the Alitalia's artistic property
Rome, Italy - Among the company's properties there are Guttuso and Sironi's works of art
You can find Italian contemporary works of art not only in museums or art galleries. Not nearly. The Airport of Rome-Fiumicino hosts the statue of "Leonardo Da Vinci" realized by the sculptor Mario Ceroli... more
CuriositiesLess than 15 days remaining to enter the competition "Let’s name the M-346"
Venegono, Italy - Launched on 20th October, more than 2300 entries are arrived from all over the world
"Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has already received more than 2.300 entries from all over the world in the competition to name its new M-346 aircraft. The winner will be able to savour the... more
Curiosities"Discovery" tells Leonardo
Rome , Italy - A trip on the great scientist's inventions
"Doing Leonardo" is the provisional title of a new tv program "Discovery Channel" and producer Craig Piligian are working on. It will be composed of six episodes, lasting one hour everyone, food for... more
CuriositiesMan drops himself from helicopter with parachute designed by Leonardo
Payerne, Switzerland - The project goes back to more than 5 centuries ago
It surely cannot be compared with the modern parachutes' ergonomics, but it didn't work: it was created by Leonardo more than 5 centuries ago, just as it was for its famous propeller, one of his main projects... more
CuriositiesLeonardo's "Intuition"
Rome, Italy - Among his drawings the study for a flying machine that drew on aerodynamic principles still valid today
The first idea of a machine capable to fly was produced, as known, by Leonardo. The great inventor had namely understood some notions, later turned out to be exact, about flying, probably by observing... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... A as "AW-101"
Rome, Italy - The new name of EH-101
Starting from June 2007 AgustaWestland, helicopter producer, has renamed the EH-101 helicopter as "AW-101". The helicopter was developed as a joint-venture between Westland Aircraft in the UK and Agusta... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>L as "LOAM"<b>
Rome, Italy - Laser Obstacle Avoidance System
The LOAM is a state-of-the-art navigational aid system for rotary wing platforms specifically designed by SELEX Communications (a Finmeccanica Group) to detect potentially dangerous obstacles placed in... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>R as "Rosetta"<b>
Rome, Italy - Launched in 2004, it will reach the target in 2014
Rosetta is a probe designed to reach and study the nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during one of its periodic visits to the inner Solar System. Thales Alenia Space, a Finmeccanica company,... more
CuriositiesAeronautical terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>M as "Meteor"<b>
Rome, Italy - It will fit out Eurofighter Typhoon, SAAB Gripen and Rafale multirole fighters
Meteor, produced by MBDA, a Finmeccanica company, will meet the requirements of six European Nations for a superior Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missile system to excel in all future combat scenarios... more
CuriositiesAeronautical terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>M as "Marte"<b>
Rome, Italy - For ASUW helicopters
Marte, produced by MBDA, Finmeccanica Group, is a medium-range anti-ship missile designed for the new generation of naval anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare (ASUW) helicopters employed to support... more
CuriositiesAeronautical terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>A as "ALE-9"<b>
Rome, Italy - Designed by SELEX Sistemi Integrati
ALE-9 or MSSR ( Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar) Antenna is a Planar Antenna for Secondary Surveillance Radar (Monopulse or S* Mode), used in systems for controlling enroute or approaching aircraft,... more
CuriositiesAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs...
Rome, Italy - A as "Aeronautics"
"The meaning of a word can always accept new ideas, as long as these are excluded from the sense of other words, representing the meaning something of essentially negative and differential (Ferdinand De... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on July 12th
Rome, Italy - Voyage in the history
The events and anniversaries: Report: 1920 - Vilnius is recognized as the capital of Lithuania. Report: 1935 - The war of Chaco end thanks to he armistice between Paraguay and Bolivia. Report: 1950... more
CuriositiesWhen Italy wanted to bomb New York
Rome, Italy - In 1942 it was studied an air plan to attack the city
The fascist Italy wanted to bomb New York city. According a Pietro Faggioli's study, the regime was planning an air attack on US city: the project, of year 1942, was launched by Niccolò Lama, a Piaggio's... more
CuriositiesIt happened today… on May 2nd
Rome, Italy - Voyage in the history
The events and anniversaries: Report: 1889 - Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Italy control over Eritrea. Report: 1945 - World War II: Fall of Berlin... more
CuriositiesIt happend today... on April 15th
Rome, Italy - Voyage in the history
The events and anniversaries: Civil Aviation: 1875 - Paris: "Zenith" zeppelin reaches 8000 m of altitude and during the return two crewmembers die because of pulmonary haemorrhage. Report: 1912 - The... more
CuriositiesThe secret inside the statue of Leonardo Da Vinci in Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - It has been hidden since 1960
How are people passed on the statue of Leonardo Da Vinci that held the voyagers in Fiumicino airport (to whom is entitled) from more than 40 years? Hundreds of million" but no one could imagine before... more
CuriositiesAlitalia exports the Made in Italy
Florence, Italy - Leonardo da Vinci's "L'Annunciazione" to Tokyo on the occasion of the "Italian Spring" event
An Alitalia flight leaving from Fiumicino's airport will bring "L'Annunciazione" by Leonardo da Vinci to Tokyo, on the occasion of the "Italian Spring" event, a real showcase for the Made in Italy with... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on January 3
Rome, Italy - Voyage in the history
The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. Report: 1815 - Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 27
Rome, Italy - Voyage in the history
The events and anniversaries: Aerospace: 1612 - For the first time, Galileo Galilei scans Neptune. Report: 1945 - Belgium becomes UN's member. Report: 1947 - The Italian provisional Chief of the State,... more
CuriositiesFootball World Cup in Rome
Rome, Italy - The trophy arrived at "Leonardo da Vinci" airport of Fiumicino
On last Saturday the football World Cup arrived in Rome-Fiumicino airport, being Italian capital the last stop of the promotional tour of Germany 2006. The world trophy, created in 1974 by Silvio Gazzaniga,... more
CuriositiesAlenia Aeronautica's "Sky-X" shown at the Teatro Regio of Turin
Turin, Italy - The union between culture and technology
Since yesterday in Turin Teatro Regio’s entrance hall "Sky-X", the unmanned air vehicle for civil and security missions created by Alenia Aeronautica, will be shown. The aircraft will accompany until n... more
CuriositiesDisappointment for "The Aviator"
Los Angeles, Usa - The film received only five awards compared to the 11 expected
"The aviator", the film directed by Martin Scorsese and interpreted by Leonardo Di Caprio, on the Howard Hughes’ life (for more information about the subject of the film see the news edited by AVIONEWS) r... more
Curiosities"The Aviator" in preview this evening in Rome
Rome, Italy - The film is focused on the Howard Hughes' life, a billionaire with the passion for flight
It has been fixed for this evening the preview of "The Aviator" which would be on at cinema in Italy starting from next January, 28. For the occasion it has been organized a set with a period plane to... more
CuriositiesSingular experiment of flight on next October 1 in Tuscany
Florence, Italy - English experts have built the so called "Leonardo's wing"
Next October 1 we will know if the elementary wood machine created in 15th century by Leonardo da Vinci, Italian big forerunner of aviation, is actually able to fly. Leonardo created it after he had studied... more
CuriositiesF1 FERRARI FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A MILITARY AIRCRAFT
LE BOURGET, PARIS, For the first time in Ferrari's 51 years of history, a F1 car has traveled inside a military aircraft: in this case to reach Paris Air Show, where it is exposed at Finmeccanica Alenia... more