Turbo Classico

摘要

Using global mapping on your computer opens up worlds of opportunities for the discerning traveller. Not for us the splendours ofrnthe Colosseum roundabout, or a restful antipasto watching Romans search for parking places. This month it is time to go back to school - not just any school, but the Instituto Tecnico Aeronautico Francesco de Pinedo, located in the southern suburbs of Rome.rnHaving indulged the pleasures of Rome both cultural and aeronautical on a number of previous trips, I was intrigued by reports of a lost Vickers Viscount that had escaped my attention. Eventually a road name was mentioned and, with it duly entered on my computer, the Google search began. From the air it soon came into view, so off we went for a game of Darts, as it were. (Now there's a real vintage whine.)