Luigino CaliaroLuigino Caliaro is an acclaimed aviation photographer based in northern Italy. He has flown in the 'back seat' of many aircraft starting with an RAF Tucano in 1995. Since then he has flown numerous photo-sorties with many of the world's premier militry aerobatic demonstration teams including the US Navy's Blue Angels, the Canadian Snowbirds, the Frecce Tricolori and the Red Arrows. He has photographed, air-to-air, many of the world's most advanced military jet aircraft including the F-15, F-16, F/A-18,Tornado, Mirage, MiG-29 and Harrier, and also flown a six-hour mission on board a B-1B 'Lancer'. He has visited US Navy and French aircraft carriers several times and has made a landing and take-off in an Italian Navy Harrier from the deck of the aircraft carrier Garibaldi. In addition, he has flown photo-sorties with aircraft from several historical aviation collections and museums around the world. Luigino is the author of several books on Italian aviation history and aviation photography, including the acclaimed Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero - From Airliner and Record-Breaker to Bomber and Torpedo-Bomber 1934-1947 published by Crecy in 2022. He has also written numerous magazine and journal articles published in the English language in Aeroplane, FlyPast and The Aviation Historian. Read More Read Less