On May 1, 2011, I had the opportunity along with Giovanni Maduli to visit Ciampino airport that was the hub for the vast majority of State flights bringing to Rome authorities attending the beatification ceremony of John Paul II in Vatican City. The aircraft, military planes wearing national liveries and civilian registered ones used by the delegations, were parked in both the military apron in the “northern” part of the airport and, mainly, in the “southern” one, the civil one usually used for the General Aviation.
Among the most interesting visitors worth a mention the Mexican AF B737, the FAF A330, the Mexican Gulfstream G-V XA-CPQ, the Dassault 900EX VP-BEF used by the Angolan delegation, the Polish E-170, the Brazilian VC-99B and the Slovakia Government Tu-154M.
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Foto a dir poco fantastiche (detto con un pizzico d’invidia, in quanto ero in perimetrale a fotografare). Rimpiango specialmente il Tupolev, mancato a causa del 330 FAF che ha deciso di decollare per 33…
Grazie Riccardo,
in effetti dentro ci muovevamo velocemente grazie ad un automezzo altrimenti sarebbe stato impossibile fotografare sia il Tu-154 che l’A330.
A presto,
David