I am Gregory Alegi, writer and historian.

I teach History and Politics of the USA at LUISS University and Strategic Studies at UNINT, both in Rome. I previously taught Aviation history at the ITAF Academy for about 20 years. I frequently comment on these topics on TV and radio.

My latest book is Uscire dal labirinto. Ustica dall’A alla Z (LoGisma, 2025), an edited volume with 25 contributors. In the museum field, my latest work is “The Last Flight of Enrico Mattei”, inaugurated at Volandia on 17 May 2025.

I have published over 50 aviation books and monographs, as well as documentaries, films and TV formats. In 2016 my book La storia dell’Aeronautica Militare: la nascita won the IX “Giulio Douhet” aerospace book prize.

I am the managing editor of Aeronautica, the oldest running and mostly widely distributed Italian aerospace monthly, for which I have been writing since 1995. I also sit on the editorial boards of the Italian monthly AIr Press and the UK quarterly The Aviation Historian.

In the historic aviation field, I have curated the Caproni and Volandia museums, a dozen of exhibitions, the restoration of some 30 aircraft and the recovery of others from places as far flung as Afghanistan, Great Britain, Lebanon and Sweden.

I have worked with major aerospace groups for heritage and communications projects. For several years I taught the baseline course in the Aviation track of the LUISS Business School MBA program. I was also editor in chief of the Italian online aerospace, defense and security magazine Dedalonews.it (2005-2015), and managing editor of Pegaso (2002-2003) and Ali Antiche.

I am active in various non-profit organizations. I am a member of the board of the Italian Air Force Association.  In the Italian Historic Auto and Motorcycle Club (ASI), I am Technical Commissioner for vintage aircraft. I am Vice President of AVDAU, and sit on the Advisory Board of the ICSA Foundation. I also sit on the boards Associazione Trasvolatori Atlantici and the Fondazione Jonathan Aerei Storici Famosi. I was active in Scouting for many years and have been a certified Scout Master since 1987.

I live and work in Rome with my wife, our daughter, a black cat and a 1944 Willys jeep.