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The last respects to the Pope (8): a memory of a flying Pontiff
Rome, Italy - He spent long time on air: all remember him climbing the ramp putting up his hand for greeting
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We will remember Karol Wojtyla also for his numerous flights around the world on board airliners, charters, military planes, presidential aircraft and helicopters as well: the State of Vatican has not private airplane nor its own airline. He travelled even on the Fidel Castro’s private Ilyushin and flew on propeller aircraft as Fokker or Soviet-made Yak-407 (led by Russian pilots) on which he overflew t...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency