Saturday, 3 May 2025

Plane spotting on a Thursday morning

Tuesday afternoon we had a United States Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III divert into Brisbane on route from Pago Pago, American Samoa (PPG/NSTU) to Richmond Air Force Base Australia (XRH/YSRI). It was rumored to depart Wednesday night, but didn't leave. Thursday morning, I ventured out to the airport for 4 hours with the hope it would depart, but sadly it didn't leave. It finally departed Brisbane for Richmond yesterday morning at 10.51 am.

Below are the photos I took Thursday morning.

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES AIRBUSA321-271N RP-C9936 (MSN 8619)
PR221 ARRIVING FROM MANILA (MNL) 6 YEARS

ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR BEECH KING AIR B200 VH-FDL (MSN BB-2021)

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-XVS (MSN 19000062)
QF1971 OFF TO ALBURY (ABX) 19 YEARS

REX SAAB 340B-VH-ZLJ (MSN 340B-380)
ZL5717 ARRIVING FROM ROMA (RMA) 29 YEARS

ALLIANCE FOKKER 70 VH-JFE (MSN 11545) 29 YEARS
TRACKING INFORMATION BLOCKED

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRBUS A350-941 B-32EE (MSN 619)
CZ382 OFF TO GUANGZHOU (CAN) 1 YEAR

LINK AIRWAYS FAIRCHILD METRO 23 VH-VEK (MSN DC-845B)
FC454 ARRIVING FROM BUNDABERG (BDB) 31 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YFU (MSN 41029)
VA322 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 9 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 737-839 VH-VZI (MSN 34203)
QF57 OFF TO PORT MORESBY (POM) 14 YEARS

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A320-271N ZK-NHA (MSN 8715)
NZ272 OFF TO WELLINGTON (WLG) 6 YEARS

QANTASLINK DASH 8 Q400 VH-QOP (MSN 4238)
QF2453 ARRIVING FROM MORANBAH (MOV) 16 YEARS

JETSAT AIRBUS A320-232 VH-VFQ (MSN 5780)
JQ834 OFF TO PROSERPINE (PPP) 11 YEARS


AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271NX ZK-NNC (MSN 8573)
NZ142 OFF TO AUCKLAND (AKL) 6 YEARS

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 B-18918 (MSN 239)
CI53 ARRIVING FROM TAIPEI (TPE) 6 YEARS

ROYAL FLYING DOCTORS BEECH KING AIR 360CER CH-8FD (MSN FM-111) 1 YEAR

UNITED AIRLINES BOEING 777-222ER N792UA (MSN 26934)
UA97 OFF TO SAN FRANCISCO (SFO) 27 YEARS

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE DASSAULT FALCON 7X A56-002 (MSN 284)

LIFEFLIGHT LEONARDO AW139 VH-XIR (MSN 31783)

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-202 VH-EBN (MSN 1094)
QF61 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 15 YEARS

ASIANA AIRLINES BOEING 777-28E HL-7791 (MSN 35525)
OZ602 SYDNEY TO SEOUL (ICN) 15 YEARS

AERLINK ATR72-500 VH-FVY (MSN 0840)
HT715 ARRIVING FROM MORANBAH (MOV) 16 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-202 VH-EBB (MSN 0522)
QF6004 FERRY FLIGHT OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 22 YEARS

UNITED STATES ARMY CESSNA UC35 CITATION 96-00109 (MSN 560-0415)
NINJA 13 ARRIVING FROM CANBERRA (CBR) 


AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 777-319 ZK-OKP (MSN 39041)
NZ145 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 13 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 70 VH-QQW (MSN 11569)
QQ8461 ARRIVING FROM MORANBAH (MOV) 29 YEARS

MACHJET INTERNATIONAL CESSNA CITATION CJ2
VH-ZIY (MSN 525A-0156) 22 YEARS

FLIGHT OPERATIONS EMBRAER PHENOM 300E VH-87X (MSN 50500778) 1 YEAR

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKB (MSN 36228)
JQ53 OFF TO SEOUL (ICN) 11 YEARS

AIR NIUGINI BOEING 767-383 P2-PXW (MSN 25365)
PX4 OFF TO PORT MORESBY (POM) 33 YEARS

GAM AIR AERO COMMANDER 55S VH-UJV (MSN 3161)
UJV ARRIVING FROM KINGAROY (KGY) 52 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4F (MSN 55340)
QF1258 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 1 MONTH

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251NX VH-OYF (MSN 11529)
JQ567 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 1 YEAR

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-7FE VH-VBZ (MSN 34322)
VA1495 OFF TO HAMILTON ISLAND (HTI) 19 YEARS

NAURU AIRLINES BOEING 737-319 VH-XNU (MSN 25609)
ON2 OFF TO NAURU (INU) 25 YEARS

QUEENSLAND POLICE BEECH KING AIR 360CER VH-8PD (MSN FM-112)

EMIRATES AIRBUS A380-842 A6-EUR (MSN 232) 8 YEARS

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BOEING C-17A GLOBEMASTER III
00-0174 (MSN P-74)


 

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