An hour at Tullamarine

This morning I flew down to Melbourne on business so after a busy l-o-n-g day I decided I would head out o the airport for what will probably be the last time until summer starts again. Daylight savings ended here in Australia on the weekend and it gets dark just after 6pm here in Melbourne at the moment. As the months creep on and winter closes in it will be getting dark around 5pm.
I arrived at the airport just before 5pm and left after the Emirates departed at 6.10pm


Here I took a few photos this morning as we taxied in

TAXIING IN ON OUR QANTAS 737-838

UNITED B787-9 N29961 (CN 37811)

EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EEF (CN 113)

EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EEO (CN 136)

QANTAS A380-842 VH-OQI (CN 055) 

and these are the ones I took this afternoon.

SINGAPORE A350-941 9V-SMA (CN 026)

TIGERAIR LINED UP ON THE HARD STAND

AIR CHINA A330-343 B-6102 (CN 1695)

AIR NEW ZEALAND B787-9 ZK-NZM (CN 38180)

MELBOURNE CITY

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA A330-243 VH-XFJ (CN 1561)

GULFSTREAM G550 N582D (CN 5397)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA TERMINAL

QANTAS B737-838 VH-VYE (CN 33993)

TIGERAIR A320-232 VH-VNO (CN 4053)

RUNWAY INSPECTION TIME

JETSTAR A321-232 VH-VWQ (CN 7384)

QATAR A380-861 A7-APC (CN 145)

SUN SETTING ON ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT AUTUMN DAY

ETIHAD B777-3FX A6-ETK (CN 39686)

QANTAS A330-202 VH-EBE (CN 0842)

EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EEF (CN 113)

Easter Monday spotting

Being a public holiday I thought I would head out to the airport for a few hours as I hadn't been out to Brisbane airport spotting for a while. When I arrived at the viewing point (turning circle) I was furious to find the airport had erected high security fencing inside the airport permitter and it was right in the way of aircraft landing on runway 01 and taking the high speed taxi way. So I do apologise for the fence in some of the photos.

MALINDO B737-8GP 9M-LNY (CN 39871)

AIR CANADA B787-8 C-GHQY (CN 35264)

QANTAS B737-838 VH-XZP (CN 44577)

RETRO ROO 1

FLY CORPORATE SAAB 340B VH-VEP (CN 377)

QANTASLINK DASH 8 Q400 VH-QOC (CN 4117)

FLY CORPORATE SAAB 340B VH-VEO (CN 366)

QANTAS B737-838 VH-XZO (CN 44576)

QANTAS A330-202 VH-EBF (CN 0853)

OFF TO AUCKLAND - REPLACING THE EMIRATES A380

AIR NEW ZEALAND A320-232 ZK-OJH (CN 2257)

CHINA SOUTHERN A330-343 B-1062 (CN 1846)
BRAND NEW AIRCRAFT

ALLIANCE FOKKER F28 MK 100 VH-XWQ (CN 11300)

AIR NIUGINI B767-341 P2-PXV (CN 30341)

QANTASLINK B717-200 VH-NXE (CN 55063)

QANTASLINK DASH 8 Q400 VH-QOR (CN 4241)

Alliance airlines have a special Fokker 28 MK100 painted to celebrate Charles Kingsford Smith's 90th anniversary crossing the Pacific, I have tried a few time to get it but failed. Today I nailed it... finally.

ALLIANCE FOKKER F28 MK 100 VH-FGB (CN 11446)

SMITHY'S 1st TRANS PACIFIC FLIGHT LOGO

Public holidays and weekends always pull a crowd, you will always find many spotters but there are always heaps of families with children enjoying a snack or a picnic on the grass, and today wasn't any different.

Even my neice came out for a look.

I DON'T REMEMBER JETSTAR A321'S HAVING WINGLETS....

QANTAS B737-838 VH-VXQ (CN 33723)

RETRO 11

TAILS OF RETRO 1 AND RETRO 11

ALLIANCE FOKKER F28 MK 70 VH-JFB (CN 11521)

SINGAPORE A350-941 9V-SMG (CN 062)

PILATUS PC 12 VH-NWI (CN 126)

TOLL FAIRCHILD SA 227 VH-HPE (CN DC-823B)

HAINAN A330-243 B-5963 (CN 1573)

ALLIANCE FOKKER 28 MK 70 VH-NKQ (CN 11572)

PAUL KELLY AND FRIENDS LOGO

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE VH-YIJ (CN 39924)

QANTAS B737-838 VH-VXQ (CN 33723)

CHINA EASTERN A330-243 B-5952 (CN 1547)

CHINA SOUTHERN A330-343 B-1062 (CN 1846)

CHINA AIRLINES A350-941 B-18908 (CN 121)

TAIWAN BLUE MAGPIE LIVERY

QANTAS 747-438 VH-OJS (CN 25564)

AIR CANADA B787-8 C-GHQY (CN 35264)

BANK OF UTAH  GULFSTREAM 650 N47TR (CN 6101)

EXECUJET AUSTRALIA BOMBARDIER BD-700 VH-ICV (CN 9393)

AIRCRAFT PARKED AT THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL.