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Old 26th Nov 2019, 10:49
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sycamore
 
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Can`t be more specific.;;bit of drift now;;;many years ago,flying HM`s HS125,we took a retiring General and his wife to Naples on his farewell tour,with the return to Rome after lunch,Talking to his ADC ,he said that the General had served in the area as a subaltern in WW2 at Monte Cassino.So,a plot was hatched..we`d cancel IFR after t/o and go VFR.Unfortunately all IFR departures were cancelled out of Naples as an Italian F-104 had declared a `MAYDAY` into Grazzanise ,however we persuaded ATC we`d go VFR,which we then did,but we didn`t let the General know the plot until we were airborne ,following the autostrada.,and around MC..He and his wife were very pleased with their little tour after we landed at Ciampino about 20 mins later....
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