Word: fiurnicino
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wonder if whoever did the story on Rome's Fiurnicino Airport [Dec. 25] has heard a joke that sums up the situation neatly. It goes something like this: A Pan Am flight (we'll call it 123) is approaching Rome and the tower tells the pilot to go to 10,000 ft. and hold. He acknowledges, and his first officer says, "Say, didn't I hear them give the same instructions to BOAC 456, coming in behind us?" "Hey, I think so," says the captain. "I'd better call in and ask them." So he calls...
...Your article on Fiurnicino Airport described everything that happened...
...group of 30 had been organized to travel to Florence, Italy, for my one-woman art show. We landed at Fiurnicino three hours late and customs impounded 24 of my paintings. We finally left for Florence. The paintings never left the airport because of various strikes...
Luckily I had eight paintings in suitcases so we had a mini-show. One week later we landed at Fiurnicino Airport again. We were told the paintings would be shipped back to Memphis on the next flight. Our flight was delayed for seven hours because the stewardesses had gone on strike, and we finally made it to New York singing God Bless America. One month later my paintings were returned...
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