Savoia
12th Feb 2013, 08:14
A small tribute to the outgoing Papa Benedetto XVI .. but whom I shall always remember as Cardinal Ratzinger:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dWyfXeK4qqI/URlm4CL56CI/AAAAAAAAL3A/GDmMjfnYgBA/s200/Papal%2520Insignia.png
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uh0ocMxNUrQ/URlm75YzX6I/AAAAAAAAL5k/X1kxZVZGgJk/s456/m1.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI boards an HMX-1 VH-3D Sea King upon his arrival at JFK International Airport in New York on 18th April 2008 on his way to deliver an address to the UN General Assembly
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RPUMXMujSmI/URlm6ny1DCI/AAAAAAAAL5s/6D69veQHqAQ/s600/Pope%2520Benedict%2520XVI%2520arrives%2520at%2520Randwick%25 20racecourse%2520by%2520helicopter%2520for%2520the%2520final %2520mass%2520of%2520World%2520Youth%2520Day%2520on%2520July %252020%252C%25202008.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI arrives at Randwick racecourse, in Sydney, Australia, (via an 'Aussie S-76) for the final mass of World Youth Day on 20th July 2008. He was rumoured to have said: "These Australian helicopters are very small"
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Fg9Mse-NuOY/URlm5ub6f7I/AAAAAAAAL5Y/OgLhiJnsplg/s610/Pope%2520Benedict%2520flew%2520by%2520helicopter%2520to%2520 the%2520remote%2520hamlet%2520of%2520Oies%252C%2520nestled%2 520in%2520the%2520Dolomite%2520Alps%2520in%2520north-eastern%2520Italy%2520Tuesday%2520evening%252C%2520from%2520 where%2520130%2520years%2520ago%2520Joseph.jpg
Pope Benedict arrives courtesy of an Italian Army (Esercito Italiano) Grifone at the village of Oies, in the Dolomite Alps of north-eastern Italy on 5th August 2008, from where 130 years ago Joseph Freinademetz departed for China to work there as a missionary until his death in 1908
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wYmXQHSI9dM/URlm1aunU6I/AAAAAAAAL5g/2QTSIbkjPoM/s396/82804251.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI arrives via Super Puma at the Antoine Beguere stadium in Lourdes, France on 13th September 2008
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dEtfNB9hzes/URln8uEqEmI/AAAAAAAAL5w/zL7vWpQNskw/s600/Papa%2520Benedetto%2520XVI%2520a%2520San%2520Marco%2520Venez ia%252C%252007%252005%25202011.%2520Larrivo%2520del%2520Papa %2520a%2520%2520San%2520Marco.jpg
The Vaticopter approaches Venice on 7th May 2011 carrying Pope Benedict on his official visit to the City
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JFYvXwypip8/URlm4bh3TcI/AAAAAAAAL5o/j3vaL3uBfVM/s621/Marine%2520guest.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI surveys the Cristo Rey sanctuary from a Mexican Presidential Super Puma as he arrives to lead a celebration of Holy Mass at the Parque del Bicentenario in Silao, Mexico on 25th March 2012
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dQ7osVWA0LQ/URlm6ttq7mI/AAAAAAAAL48/zpIvojjYqDA/s512/VC%25205.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI boards the Vaticopter (aka the Holy See King - an Aeronautica Militare SH-3D/TS) at Rome's Ciampino airport after arriving from Cuba on 29th March 2012. Pope Benedict left Cuba on 28th March at the conclusion of his first trip to Spanish-speaking Latin America which included a visit to Mexico
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hmj1f_bLWBI/URlm5vA0jFI/AAAAAAAAL5c/twx3pWHE_GE/s800/109.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI makes a night landing (courtesy of an Agusta-supplied 109S) in the courtyard next to Saint John's Basilica in Rome
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k22v5IMIm0Q/URlm9GkkByI/AAAAAAAAL5Q/p3aXjmPmDzo/s512/nuovo_elicottero_del_papa-come-oggetto-avanzato.jpg
The Holy Father surveys the successor to the Vaticopter, an AW139. It was rumoured that he said .. "One is not amused" ;)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dWyfXeK4qqI/URlm4CL56CI/AAAAAAAAL3A/GDmMjfnYgBA/s200/Papal%2520Insignia.png
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uh0ocMxNUrQ/URlm75YzX6I/AAAAAAAAL5k/X1kxZVZGgJk/s456/m1.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI boards an HMX-1 VH-3D Sea King upon his arrival at JFK International Airport in New York on 18th April 2008 on his way to deliver an address to the UN General Assembly
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RPUMXMujSmI/URlm6ny1DCI/AAAAAAAAL5s/6D69veQHqAQ/s600/Pope%2520Benedict%2520XVI%2520arrives%2520at%2520Randwick%25 20racecourse%2520by%2520helicopter%2520for%2520the%2520final %2520mass%2520of%2520World%2520Youth%2520Day%2520on%2520July %252020%252C%25202008.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI arrives at Randwick racecourse, in Sydney, Australia, (via an 'Aussie S-76) for the final mass of World Youth Day on 20th July 2008. He was rumoured to have said: "These Australian helicopters are very small"
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Fg9Mse-NuOY/URlm5ub6f7I/AAAAAAAAL5Y/OgLhiJnsplg/s610/Pope%2520Benedict%2520flew%2520by%2520helicopter%2520to%2520 the%2520remote%2520hamlet%2520of%2520Oies%252C%2520nestled%2 520in%2520the%2520Dolomite%2520Alps%2520in%2520north-eastern%2520Italy%2520Tuesday%2520evening%252C%2520from%2520 where%2520130%2520years%2520ago%2520Joseph.jpg
Pope Benedict arrives courtesy of an Italian Army (Esercito Italiano) Grifone at the village of Oies, in the Dolomite Alps of north-eastern Italy on 5th August 2008, from where 130 years ago Joseph Freinademetz departed for China to work there as a missionary until his death in 1908
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wYmXQHSI9dM/URlm1aunU6I/AAAAAAAAL5g/2QTSIbkjPoM/s396/82804251.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI arrives via Super Puma at the Antoine Beguere stadium in Lourdes, France on 13th September 2008
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dEtfNB9hzes/URln8uEqEmI/AAAAAAAAL5w/zL7vWpQNskw/s600/Papa%2520Benedetto%2520XVI%2520a%2520San%2520Marco%2520Venez ia%252C%252007%252005%25202011.%2520Larrivo%2520del%2520Papa %2520a%2520%2520San%2520Marco.jpg
The Vaticopter approaches Venice on 7th May 2011 carrying Pope Benedict on his official visit to the City
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JFYvXwypip8/URlm4bh3TcI/AAAAAAAAL5o/j3vaL3uBfVM/s621/Marine%2520guest.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI surveys the Cristo Rey sanctuary from a Mexican Presidential Super Puma as he arrives to lead a celebration of Holy Mass at the Parque del Bicentenario in Silao, Mexico on 25th March 2012
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dQ7osVWA0LQ/URlm6ttq7mI/AAAAAAAAL48/zpIvojjYqDA/s512/VC%25205.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI boards the Vaticopter (aka the Holy See King - an Aeronautica Militare SH-3D/TS) at Rome's Ciampino airport after arriving from Cuba on 29th March 2012. Pope Benedict left Cuba on 28th March at the conclusion of his first trip to Spanish-speaking Latin America which included a visit to Mexico
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hmj1f_bLWBI/URlm5vA0jFI/AAAAAAAAL5c/twx3pWHE_GE/s800/109.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI makes a night landing (courtesy of an Agusta-supplied 109S) in the courtyard next to Saint John's Basilica in Rome
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k22v5IMIm0Q/URlm9GkkByI/AAAAAAAAL5Q/p3aXjmPmDzo/s512/nuovo_elicottero_del_papa-come-oggetto-avanzato.jpg
The Holy Father surveys the successor to the Vaticopter, an AW139. It was rumoured that he said .. "One is not amused" ;)