G-GATH

British Airways Airbus A320-232, caught above the Porto Mediceo, ready for landing in Pisa.
Un Airbus A320-232 della British Airways, colto sul porto Mediceo pronto per l'atterraggio a Pisa.

A320-214

A Vueling Airbus A320-214 over the port of Livorno, last August.
Un Airbus A320-214 della Vueling sul porto di Livorno, lo scorso agosto.

Volotea

A Volotea Airbus A319-112 over the port of Livorno.
Un Airbus A319-112 della Volotea sul porto di Livorno.

External links: Volotea - Airbus A320 family (Wikipedia)
Link esterni: Volotea - Airbus A320 family (Wikipedia)

C-130J

A Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules flying over the port of Livorno. (Already posted on Instagram)
Un Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules in volo sul porto di Livorno. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Turkish Airlines

We are coming back from our holidays, but the plane is obviously not this one.
Stiamo tornando dalle ferie, ma l'aereo ovviamente non è questo.

Airbus A319

An EasyJet Airbus A319-111 flying over the port of Livorno.
Un Airbus A319-111 dell'EasyJet in volo sopra il porto di Livorno.

London

A Jet2.com Boeing 737-330 from Manchester is almost ready to land at the airport of Pisa.

(Picture taken in August 2014)

We are leaving for London today: we will be posting from there for a couple of weeks...

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To Florence

This is an Air One Airbus A320-216 over the port of Livorno, en route from Tirana to Pisa. We are not flying away, but we are going to take a local train to spend a few days in Florence.

(Picture taken last March)

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Embraer E-195

An Air Dolomiti Embraer E-195 en route from Munich to Pisa, flying over the port of Livorno.

External links: Embraer E-Jet family - Air Dolomiti (Wikipedia)

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To London

We will be posting from London for a couple of weeks... Greetings to you all! (Picture taken last May)

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Euro

Afternoon of August 15, the banner says: “L'Euro affamerà i tuoi figli” (The Euro will starve your children).

External links: L’euro affamerà i tuoi figli (Trucco Finanza, in Italian)

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To Paris

Time to fly away: we are leaving today and we will be for a few days in Paris.

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Super Hercules

The C-130, in its more recent versions, is still the workhorse of the 46th Air Brigade. This is a C-130J-30, a stretch version of the original model, with a fuselage extended of 4.6 m (15 ft) its maximum payload is almost 20 tons, with a range of 1900 miles.

The inside of the same aircraft, with the ramp closed. By the way, my first flight experience, almost forty years ago, was on a C-130.

External links: Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules (Wikipedia) - 46ª Brigata Aerea (Italian Air Force)
See also: Pisa - Lübeck - 46th Air Brigade

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46th Air Brigade

Pisa is the home of the 46ª Brigata Aerea (46th Air Brigade), the only transport wing in the Italian Air Force. Among its roles are the aerial delivery of paratroopers and material, the transport of equipment, tactical and special operations. The aircraft are also used for emergency medical services and as support for several humanitarian and civilian activities.

The transport brigade is composed by three units: the 2nd and 50th Flight Units are equipped with C-130J and C-130J-30 aircraft, while the 98th Flight Unit uses the C-27J.

External links: 46ª Brigata Aerea (Italian Air Force) - Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules - Alenia C-27J Spartan (Wikipedia)
See also: Pisa - Lübeck

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Pisa - Lübeck

Last Wednesday we have been able to visit the base of the “Aeronautica Militare” (Italian Air Force) which is part of the airport of Pisa. The first effect of this were some close-up pictures of commercial aircraft.

A Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS taking off in front of the control tower of the airport.

The aircraft, with the logo “Krakow & Malopolska”, was departing for a flight to Lübeck, in Germany.

External links: Italian Air Force - Boeing 737 - Ryanair (Wikipedia)
See also: Livorno Airport

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Airbus A320-216 EI-DSL

An Air One Airbus A320-216 flying over the port of Livorno on the approach to Pisa airport. Air One (“airone” means heron in Italian) was once the second largest airline in Italy and now is Alitalia low cost carrier based in Milano Malpensa. Pisa, with Venice, is one of its focus cities. After checking the airline scheduled flights, the plane in the picture was probably coming from Athens, Greece. (Picture taken on August 19th)

See also: Livorno Airport

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Airplanes

A Canadair of the “Protezione Civile” flying over Livorno.The same plane turning and the shadow of another one coming,which is a British Airways Airbus en route to Pisa airport.

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Piaggio P166

Our Coast Guard sometimes helps lazy photographers looking for a picture to post, flying small planes just over their terraces. This is a great service and I quickly took advantage of it.The plane is a Piaggio P166, with its typical rear-facing propellers.

See also: CP 867 - Calm Waters - CP 867 & Nataly - Coast Guard

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Livorno Airport

There are normative issues with this post, I tried to discuss them with my lawyer but she said me that she isn't a lawyer yet and is busy with her thesis. This is a piece of american soil flying over Livorno, a little north of Tweetie on the “Moby Vincent”. Actually it is a Boeing-767 safely inside its approach route to Pisa airport, well within the borders of Livorno proper, so I can post this photo. The Delta Air Lines non-stop flight from Pisa to New York is the easiest way to reach the States from Tuscany, or the other way around. The first time we took it, we found ourselves in Ireland, but this is another story...The “Galileo Galilei” International Airport is incidentally located in Pisa, because otherwise we wouldn't have enough parking space for our scooters, but it is a mere 20 kilometers from Livorno.Pisans are not entirely confident with the airport itself, so they have placed scores of strange statues around it. Their function is to protect them from the planes, the tourists and, above all, from the cohorts of Livornesi always swarming the “Galilei”.

See also: Pisan Walk (2010) - Pisan Walk 1 of 2 - Pisan Walk 2 of 2 (2011) - In Pisa (2013)

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