My flight out of Hobart was at 10.30 so I arrived at the airport at 9.40, checked in and went through security. The aircraft, a B737 with the registration VH-YFG, had already arrived from Melbourne. We began boarding at 10.00am and for this flight I was in 25A. Hobart airport doesn't have weigh bridges so the aircraft stand alone. We were all boarded by 10.15 but due to our slot time in Melbourne we had to sit and wait for our 10.30 departure time.
We started taxiing out for a runway 30 departure at 10.31. Aircraft need to backtrack in Hobart as well as the taxiways aren't extended to the end of the runway. I was quite nervous about the flight back, still having the horrific flight down carved very deep in my memory.
We became airborne at 10.37 and climbed to flight level 260. Even though we flew in cloud for most of the flight it was smooth and comfortable.
QANTASA330-303 VH-QPG (CN 603) |
LOCKHEED P 3 ORION |
MALAYSIA A330-323 9M-MTN (CN 1470) |
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE KC30A A39-003 (CN 969) |
CATHAY PACIFIC A330-342 B-LAG (CN 895) |
THAI B777-2D7 HS-TJS (CN 34587) |
Well time went really fast and it was now time to board my second flight, and the aircraft for this sector was another B737 and the registration was VH-VOL and I was sitting in my favourite spot, 20A. We began boarding at 2.35 and we pushed back right on 3pm
We began taxiing out at 3.05 and headed for runway 34. We lined up behind a few aircraft in front and waited our turn, then we taxied out onto the runway, powered up and got airborne at 3.19pm.
Climbing to flt Lvl 350 our track this afternoon took us east of Shepparton, over Orange, Inverell, west the Gold Coast. We began our descent at 4.43 and almost overflying my house before coming in to land on runway 01 in Brisbane at 5.04pm.
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