Program of the day:
- Visit to MD-11C ALITALIA I-DUPU "Antonio Vivaldi"
- 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
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Group Picture, with ladies, on arrival
hall Malpensa Terminal 1, just before start of the airport visit
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| Unfortunately our meeting started under heavy rain, but the
rain did not stop 100 fans waiting to visit the faboluos ALITALIA MD-11. We reached the
plane by a SEA bus. I-DUPU, an MD-11 inCombi version was just landed after the flight AZ
841 from Johannesburg. |

Cockpit of MD-11 AZ.... |

....and a "young" Clipper's
first officer on the right seat
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Once on Board, we visited the whole airplane with the opportunity to seat
on captain's and first officer's seats. |
| The second part of the morning was spended travelling around
ramps and perimetral road by our SEA bus. After lunch, we visited the main hangar of
2° Reparto Volo della Polizia di Stato, with all the helicopters and P.68B Observer light
aircraft that the Police use. |

Gruppo Volo P.S.
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We had the opportunity to touch all the
machines and to talk with all the pilots of Agusta-Bell AB.206, AB.212 and Agusta A.109
but also of the Partenavia P.68B Observer. |
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. |

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