- Visits to an ALITALIA plane (which one ? It is a surprise...)
- Bus tour on ramps and perimetral road with photographic stops
- Visit to 2° Reparto Elicotteri - Polizia di Stato (Police helicopter flight)
- Visit to control tower
Last but not least: lunch at SEA restaurant.
View from the terminal, just before
"boarding"
Around 60 Clipperers are ready despite to the weather, this time is not raining but a foggy day turn all colours to grey...
After the custom check, our flight is boarded from gate A20 at 10,20 am. All on board of the bus nr.50, destination: unknown !!!
The airplane that ALITALIA allowed us to visit is a B.747-200 CARGO, but only few of
the associates know it.
Few minutes of "flight" to reach Terminal 2 ramp and to park the bus just
between two ALITALIA CARGO's B.747: the "old" B.747-200C I-DEMC and the
"new" B.747-400F N409MC on ACMI leasing from Atlas Air.
At this point all the people realise that we will visit the big cargo plane, the bus'
doors opened but to close again after few seconds.....due to some delays the plane is
still to be loaded and refuelled. So, for security reasons, it is not possible to board on
the plane.
Big pity ! We just can watch the airplanes from the T2 ramp.
B.747-200 Alitalia Cargo, "secret dream" from the bus.
"Clipperers" group on T2
ramp.....
...to see the new Alitalia Cargo's B.747-400F on ACMI leasing from Atlas Air
We can board from the front door...
...but also from rear stair...
...to reach the coach interiors....
...just before be admitted on the flight deck of the jet.
After the visit, "classic" group picture.
This new A.320 VOLARE (see Volare Group title on the engine) is parked beside "our" MD-83
The second part of the morning was spended travelling around ramps and perimetral road by our SEA bus. Two stops. The first beside runway 35R to watch take-offs from close point of view.
Second stop near the holding point of 35L to watch landings and taxing of the planes crossing 35L on their way to take off from 35R.
Close view of take off from 35R
Stop beside runway 35R
And stop at 35L holding point
Taxing: A.320 Iberia...
A.310 Aeroflot...
new EMB 145 Alitalia Express...
classic B.737-300 KLM
After lunch, we visited the
main hangar of 2° Reparto Volo della Polizia di Stato.
On the ramp two helicopters: Agusta Bell AB.212 PS-81 and Agusta A.109 PS-58.
Gruppo Volo P.S.: Agusta A.109 PS-58
Gruppo Volo P.S.:
Agusta Bell AB.212 PS-81
cockpit of AB.212
FlyBy of PS-89.
Just before touch the ground
Refuelling.
In the hangar another Agusta A.109 under maintenance (PS-62) and two Agusta Bell AB.206 (PS-72 and PS-78)
At the end of the day we visited the Control tower, where we climb up to the top, in group of 20 people per times, to see actions from 75 meters high and watch the ATC controllers doing their job.
Marta and Mauro, ATC Controllers...
...answer to questions from...
...our associates before climb to the Control Tower.