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Old 9th Sep 2018, 09:09
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Britannia operated many flights to Ciampino (and Naples?) for Italian travel companies. Some of us took the trouble to do our PAs in the language to make our passengers feel more at home:

Signore e signori, sono lieto di dar vi il benvenuto a bordo. Stiamo volando ad una quota di

FL 290 nove mila metri
FL 310 nove mila e c(h)inque c(h)ento metri
FL 330 diec(h)i mila metri
FL 350 diec(h)i mila e sette c(h)ento metri

e la nostra veloc(h)ita e di otto c(h)ento chilometri l'ora. Arrivaremo a ...... alle ore ...... ora locale. La temperatura a terra e di ...... gradi c(h)entigradi. Auguro a tutti un piac(h)evole volo.


The bracketed 'h' was to remind me of the correct pronunciation. The '800 kph' was a slight exaggeration for the 737-200 cruising at M0.72 (420 kts).
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