Emirates Red Rose 777 calls into Sydney

After a horrible day weather wise here in Sydney, with loud crashing thunder and terrential rain most of the day, I was thinking I would give the airport a miss this evening because of the bad weather. Then as the afternoon went on the rain eased and the clouds lifted. Mid afternoon I got a text from my wife saying "Rosie" the Emirates 777 was in Sydney and was due to leave at 7.50pm. So after work I thought I would venture out to the airport thinking, one; I will wait for the 777 to leave and two; if there was moisture in the air it would make for some good take off and landing shots. Unfortunately there wasn't enough moisture for the shots I was hoping for but I did get a surprise when I saw the Emirates Cargo B777 taxi out a few hours before its due 7.50pm departure.

EMIRATES B777-F1H A6-EFR (CN 42230)

I also got to see the A380's in Qatar and Etihad which is always a welcome bonus for me plus a few other bonuses like seeing QPI the Qantas A330 in the colour scheme and getting 3 different Qantas 737's 2 in retro colours and 1 in the aboriginal scheme.

QANTAS B737-838 VH-XZJ (CN 39365) MENDOOWOORRJI

QANTAS B737-838 VH-VXQ (CN 33723) RETRO ROO 2

QANTAS B737-838 VH-XZP (CN 44577) RETRO ROO 1

QATAR A380-861 A7-APA (CN 137)

ETIHAD A380-861 A6-APH (CN 199)

 

AIR NEW ZEALAND A320-232 ZK-OJD (CN 2130)

QANTAS A330-303 VH-QPI (CN 705)

AIR NEW ZEALAND B767-319 ZK-NCI (CN 26913)

AIR-LINK BEECH 1900D VH-RUE (CN UE53)

BOMBARDIER CL 604 VH-VSZ (CN 5411)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA A330-243 VH-XFC (CN 1293)

JETSTAR B787-8 VH-VKK (CN 36237)

SINGAPORE B777-312 9V-SWT (CN 34585)

JETSTAR B787-8 VH-VKI (CN 36235)

ATLAS AIR B747-47UF N492MC (CN 29253)

HAWAIIAN A330-243 N389HA (CN 1316)