Friday 8 September 2017

Unusual movements at Brisbane Airport today

Today Brisbane airport had a few movements that were not your usual daily movements. The first one was a National B747-400  that came in from Pago Pago last night and departed this morning for Adelaide. Unfortunately due to business appointments in the city I missed the departure, the only saving grace I guess is the exact aircraft has been in Brisbane before back in November 2013, so I decided I would put those photos up.

NATIONAL B747-428 N919CA (CN 25302)


















This aircraft started its life with Air France in Nov 1991 as F-GISB; then in Jan 2011 it went to Air Atlanta Icelandic, National Air Cargo took ownership of the aircraft in Oct 2011.

We then had an American Gulfstream G4-SP arrive from Melbourne and after an hour on the ground it departed for Darwin, this aircraft has been in before a few times but this is my first time seeing it.

GULFSTREAM G4-SP N810LP (CN 1260)

















The real draw card was of course the USAF C-32A this aircraft, with the callsign of SAM 338, arrived from Perth around 12.45 and parked down on the old international apron,  now known as the Logistics Apron.


UNITED STATES AIR FORCE C-32A 98-0001 (CN 29025)

ALSO KNOW AS BOEING 757-2G4


















This aircraft first flew on the 11th February 1998; so for an aircraft that is almost 20 years old it doesn't look to bad. Its test registration was N5573L.
It is powered by 2 Pratt & Whitney PW2040

Below are some of the other photos I took while I was waiting.
We watched a Qantas A330 taxi past us and held at the end of taxiway bravo at the bravo 1 holding point. It stayed there for at least 15 minutes and then it taxied back along alpha to the international bay. Not having my aircraft scanner with me no body knew what was going on and why it returned.

QANTAS A330-303 VH-QPG (CN 0603) 


QANTAS 51 TAXIING BACK TO THE BAY

TIGERAIR A320-232 VH-VNO (CN 4053)

DASSUALT FALCON 7X VH-CRW (CN 217)

QANTAS B737-838 VH-XZG (CN 39371)

ALLIANCE FOKKER 100 VH-XWM (CN 11276)

MENZIES INVESTMENTS ROBINSON R44 VH-HFS (CN 11985)

FIJI AIRWAYS B737-8X2 DQ-FJH (CN 29969)


EVA AIR A330-203 B-16310 (CN 0678)


QANTASLINK B717-200 VH-YQT (CN 55179)

ALLIANCE FOKKER 70 VH-JFE (CN 11545)

STATE OF QUEENSLAND HAWKER 850XP 
VH-SGY (CN 258780)

QANTAS B737-838 VH-VYD (CN 33992)

AIR NEW ZEALAND B777-319 ZK-OKQ (CN 40689)

ALL BLACK COLOUR SCHEME








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