Three days in Tuscany

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This was a work trip, the Italian company who acquired my firm in March 2021 are based close to a beautiful old medieval walled town called Lucca, about a 20 minute drive inland from Pisa. Flight FR584 departed Stansted last Sunday at 1750, the chariot being 9H-QDJ. We got airborne 20 minutes late but landed at Pisa bang on schedule after a flight time of just 1hr 40min.

Of course, it was pitch black but as we taxied to the stand, it was possible to ID a few of the aircraft using the "on the ground" feature of FR24. We taxied past several C-27s and C-130s, quite a few of which are in open storage here. As for airliners, it was standard stuff.

We stayed in the Grand Hotel Guinigi on Via Romano in Lucca and for the time there, we enjoyed clear blue skies, daytime temperatures of between 14 and 16c and everything was trailing. I haven't done my log yet but as we went home later than everyone else due to flight availabilty, we had most of Tuesday to do whatever we wanted so myself and three colleagues spent the time in the old town, me with one eye on the sky.

We flew back on FR585, the same chariot from a very quiet Pisa airport yesterday - the weather in Europe was pretty bad and as such there were no flights from Pisa to Germany, Scandinavia, Benelux or eastern Europe, in fact the departures board showed just five flights all day so we virtually had the place to ourselves. We departed five minutes late but again, our pilot got the toe down and we arrived back at a fairly quiet Stansted 15 mins early.

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Have finally sorted out the logs, this is the first day, 14th January. All the VRs on my phone worked well, there's a lot of traffic along Italy's west coast and I made nice dents in the EI and 9H registered stuff

14-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 0089 Airbus Military A400M 089 French Air Force F
14-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-NEE Airbus A320 251NSL 11366 Air Malta F
14-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-WAS Airbus A321 271NXSL 11651 Wizz Air Malta F
14-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-WDQ Airbus A321 271NXSL 11370 Wizz Air Malta F
14-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei EI-HHM Airbus A220 300 55235 Italia Trasporto Aereo F
14-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei F-HUYZ Boeing 737NG 8GP/W 39862 Transavia France F
14-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei MM62191 Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules 5531 Italian Air Force F

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Second day, the meeting didn't begin until 2pm to allow other groups to arrive from their various continental airports. The weather was fine, dry, sunny and around 15c with everything trailing so I sat outside and watched the trails. A couple of nice ones here which I assume were inbound Rome or were crossing the country en route elsewhere. All were logged as "Pisa Galileo Galilei" just to make the logs easier to put together.

15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-VVJ Boeing 737MAX 8 200 62361 Malta Air F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-VVM Boeing 737MAX 8 200 67090 Malta Air F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-WDJ Airbus A321 271NXSL 11388 Wizz Air Malta F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-WDL Airbus A321 271NXSL 11477 Wizz Air Malta F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-WDS Airbus A321 271NXSL 11428 Wizz Air Malta F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-WDZ Airbus A321 271NXSL 11487 Wizz Air Malta F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei A9C-NH Airbus A321 253NXSL 11536 Gulf Air F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei B-30FM Airbus A350 941 408 China Eastern Airlines F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei D-CITO Dornier Do 328 110 3063 Private Wings F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei EI-HHN Airbus A220 300 55245 Italia Trasporto Aereo F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei EI-HOC Airbus A320 272NSL 11514 Italia Trasporto Aereo F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei EI-HOF Airbus A320 271NSL 11722 Italia Trasporto Aereo F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei EI-HXB Airbus A321 271NXSL 11657 Italia Trasporto Aereo F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei HA-BAX Cirrus Design SR22T 0337 Private F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei HA-LGD Airbus A321 271NXSL 11022 Wizz Air F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei HZ-NS67 Airbus A320 251NSL 11527 Flynas F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei I-AVLM Piaggio P.180 Avanti II 1218 ENAV Flight Inspection F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei I-SWRS Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 D-2 (H145) 20283 Avincis Aviation Italy F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei MM82081 AgustaWestland AW.139 UH-139D 32005 Italian Carabinieri F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei TC-SPL Bombardier Challenger 300 20424 Genel Havacilik F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei TS-ING Airbus A320 214SL 5878 Nouvelair Tunisie F
15-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei YL-ABE Airbus A220 300 55131 Air Baltic F

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Day three, the meeting began early as some were departing from either Pisa, Florence or Bologna back to their respective home airports and were being collected at various times from 2pm onwards. Again, a lovely day, warm, dry and sunny, plenty of trails.

16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 5B-DEA Airbus A220 300 55203 Cyprus Airways F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-WDF Airbus A321 271NXSL 11395 Wizz Air Malta F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-WDP Airbus A321 271NXSL 11291 Wizz Air Malta F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei 9H-WDW Airbus A321 271NXSL 11460 Wizz Air Malta F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei B-32DW Airbus A350 941 577 China Eastern Airlines F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei EI-HHP Airbus A220 300 55248 Italia Trasporto Aereo F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei EI-HLA Airbus A220 100 50068 Italia Trasporto Aereo F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei EI-HOA Airbus A320 272NSL 11612 Italia Trasporto Aereo F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei EI-HOE Airbus A320 271NSL 11647 Italia Trasporto Aereo F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei F-HIXB Boeing 737NG 846/W 35339 Air France F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei HZ-ASAE Airbus A321 251NXSL 11698 Saudi Arabian Airlines F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei I-ANUB Airbus Helicopters MBB-BK 117 D-3 (H145) 21174 Avincis Aviation Italia F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei M-IFFY Cessna Citation Mustang 510-0192 Xead Sarl F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei MM82053 Leonardo AW.169 MH-169A 72004 Italian Guardia di Finanza F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei N306MA Bombardier Global Express XRS 9225 SC Aviation LLC F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei N866G Israel Aircraft Industries 1126 Galaxy 025 HK Aviation Corp F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei N970NX Bombardier Global 5000 9671 Golden Eagle Aviation Holdings Ltd F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei OO-SBA Airbus A320 251NSL 11600 Brussels Airlines F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei TC-LPB Airbus A321 271NXSL 11622 Turkish Airlines F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei TS-IMB Airbus A320 251NSL 11621 Tunisair F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei VF-151 Leonardo AW.139 31937 Italian Fire Service F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei YR-ACB Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600 1196 Air Connect F
16-Jan-2024 Pisa Galileo Galilei YU-ALW Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600 1474 Air Serbia F

So, ended up making 52 frames on a work trip which I'm chuffed to pieces with. There's already talk of the January 2025 meeting and where it might be, with the top contenders so far being Madrid, Paris and Bilbao.