Saturday, 4 July 2026

To all my followers across the USA, Happy Independence Day!

  

To all my loyal American followers wherever you may be in the world, on behalf of my family and myself, we would like to wish you a Happy Independence Day to you and your family! 
May the spirit of patriotism and love for your country fill your hearts today and always. 

Whether you are attending parades or block parties, outdoor concerts and performing arts, spending time with family, friends and loved ones or just relaxing and watching the fireworks, we hope you have a wonderful, safe day.

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Friday, 3 July 2026

Remembering Iran Air flight 655

Iran Air flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran (IKA/OIIE) to Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB), United Arab Emirates, via Bandar Abbas Airport (BND/OIKB), Iran and was shot down on the 3rd of July 1988 by two SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles fired by the USS Vincennes, a guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy.

The flight departed from runway 21 at 10:17 local and climbed straight ahead. At 10:23 the missiles were fired from the USS Vincennes and hit the aircraft, an Airbus A300, while it was flying its usual route over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, shortly after the flight departed its stopover location, Bandar Abbas International Airport. The tail and one wing broke off as a result of the explosions.

All 290 people, 274 passengers and 16 crew, on board were killed. The attack occurred during the Iran–Iraq War, which had been continuing for nearly eight years. Vincennes had entered Iranian territorial waters after one of its helicopters drew warning fire from Iranian speedboats operating within Iranian territorial limits.

The official report stated that 10 attempts were made to contact Iran Air Flight 655: seven on military frequencies and three on commercial frequencies, addressed to an "unidentified Iranian aircraft" and giving its speed as 350 knots (650 km/h; 400 mph), which was the ground speed of the aircraft their radar reported. Flight 655's crew, however, would have seen a speed of 300 knots (560 km/h; 350 mph) on their cockpit instruments, which was their indicated airspeed, possibly leading them to conclude that Vincennes was talking to another aircraft.

Aircraft Information:
Airline: Iran Air
Code: IR/IRA
Aircraft: Airbus A300B2-203
Registration: EP-IBU
Serial number: 186
Engines: 2 x GE CF6-50C2
First flew: 16/03/1982
Age: 6.4 Years

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Thursday, 2 July 2026

Aircraft over home today

Runway 01 was active in Brisbane for a few hours this morning. I snapped a few photos, including a great moon shot with Air Canada, a Qantas diversion, a RAAF KC-30 and a few of our local native wildlife birds called IBIS, or as the Australians call them, Bin Chickens.

AIR CANADA BOEING 787-9 C-FKSV (MSN 37170)
AC35 ARRIVING FROM VANCOUVER (YVR) 10 YEARS



AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271NX ZK-NNI (MSN 12593)  
NZ141 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 1 YEAR

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YWE (MSN 41015)
VA303 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 8 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VZJ (MSN 34185)
QF132 ARRIVING FROM CHRISCHURCH (CHC) 15 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-VGZ (MSN 3917)
JQ560 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 17 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 100 VH-UQG (MSN 11520)
VA1101 ARRIVING FROM NEWCASTLE (NTL) 32 YEARS


QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPA (MSN 553)
QF6014 ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY (SYD) 22 YEARS
FERRY FLIGHT 


NAVAIR CESSNA CITATION MUSTANG VH-SHI (MSN 510-0202) 
FROM MAITLAND (MTL) TO ARCHERFIELD (QBA) 17 YEARS

CESSNA 172R SKYHAWK VH-ZSN (MSN 17280931)
DIVERTING BACK TO ARCHERFIELD 26 YEARS

BEECH 58 BARON VH-MSS (MSN TH-1000)
ARCHERFIELD (QBA) TO MOREE (MRZ) 47 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-202 VH-EBP (MSN 1174)
QF516 ARRIVING FROM SYDNEY (SYD) 15 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPF (MSN 595)
QF79 MELBOURNE (MEL) TO TOKYO (NRT) 22 YEARS
DIVERTING TO BRISBANE - REASON UNKNOWN

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YIL (MSN 38713) 
VA321 ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE (MEL) 13 YEARS

RAAF AIRBUS A330-200 (KC-30A) A39-002 (MSN 951) 18 YEARS



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Aircraft registrations v their country

Ever spotted an aircraft registration and wondered where it’s from? Wonder no more—the list below should satisfy your curiosity.

Aircraft Registration Codes Which Begin with Numbers:

Registration Numbers 3-6

·  3B - Mauritius

·  3D - Swaziland

·  4K - Azerbaijan

·  4R - Sri Lanka

·  4X - Israel

·  5A - Libya

·  5B - Cyprus

·  5H - Tanzania




·  5N - Nigeria

·  5R - Madagascar

·  5T - Mauritania

·  5U - Niger

·  5X - Uganda

·  5Y - Kenya

·  6V - Senegal

·  6y - Jamaica

Registration Numbers 7-9

·  7O - Yemen

·  7Q - Malawi

·  7T - Algeria

·  8P - Barbados

·  8Q - Maldives

·  8R - Guyana

·  9A - Croatia

·  9G - Ghana




·  9H - Malta

·  9J - Zambia

·  9K - Kuwait

·  9L - Sierra Leone

·  9M - Malaysia

·  9N - Nepal

·  9Q - DRC

·  9V - Singapore

·  9Y - Trinidad & Tobago

Aircraft Registration Codes Which Begin with Letters:

Registration Numbers A-E

·  A2 - Botswana

·  A40 - Oman

·  A5 - Bhutan

·  A6 - UAE

·  A7 - Qatar

·  AP - Pakistan

·  B - China/Taiwan

·  C - Canada

·  C2 - Nauru

·  C5 - Gambia

·  C6 - Bahamas

·  CC - Chile

·  CN - Morocco

·  CP - Bolivia

·  CR-M - Macao

·  CS - Portugal

·  CU - Cuba

·  CX - Uruguay

·  D - Germany

·  D2 - Angola

·  D4 - Cape Verde

·  D6 - Comoros

·  DM - ex East Germany

·  DQ - Fiji

·  EC - Spain

·  EI - Ireland

·  EL - Liberia

·  EP - Iran

·  ES - Estonia

·  ET - Ethiopia

·  EZ - Turkmenistan

Registration Numbers F-OH

·  F - France

·  F-O - French West Indies

·  G - United Kingdom

·  H4 - Solomon Islands

·  HA - Hungary

·  HB - Switzerland

·  HC - Ecuador

·  HI - Dominican Republic

·  HK - Colombia

·  HL - South Korea

·  HP - Panama

·  HR - Honduras

·  HS - Thailand

·  HZ - Saudi Arabia

·  I - Italy

·  J2 - Djibouti

·  JA - Japan

·  JY - Jordan

·  LN - Norway

·  LV - Argentina

·  LX - Luxembourg

·  LY - Lithuania

·  LZ - Bulgaria

·  N - USA

·  OB - Peru

·  OD - Lebanon

·  OE - Austria

·  OH - Finland

Registration Numbers OK-T

·  OK - Czech Republic

·  OM - Slovakia

·  OO - Belgium

·  OY - Denmark

·  P2 - Papua New Guinea

·  P4 - Aruba

·  PH - Netherlands

·  PJ - Netherlands Antilles

·  PK - Indonesia

·  PP - Brazil

·  PZ - Suriname

·  RA - CIS*

·  RP - Philippines

·  S2 - Bangladesh

·  S5 - Slovenia

·  S7 - Seychelles

·  S9 - Sao Tome

·  SE - Sweden

·  SP - Poland

·  ST - Sudan

·  SU - Egypt

·  SX - Greece

·  TC - Turkey

·  TF - Iceland

·  TG - Guatemala

·  TI - Costa Rica

·  TJ - Cameroon

·  TN - Congo

·  TR - Gabon

·  TS - Tunisia

·  TU - Ivory Coast

Registration Numbers U-Z

·  UK - Uzbekistan

·  UR - Ukraine

·  V2 - Antigua

·  V5 - Namibia

·  V7 - Marshall Islands

·  V8 - Brunei

·  VH - Australia

·  VN - Vietnam

·  VP-F - Falklands

·  VR-B - Bermuda

·  VR-C - Cayman Islands

·  VR-H - Hong Kong

·  VT - India

·  XA - Mexico

·  YA - Afghanistan

·  YI - Iraq

·  YJ - Vanuatu

·  YK - Syria

·  YL - Latvia

·  YR - Romania

·  YS - El Salvador

·  YU - Serbia

·  YV - Venezuela

·  Z - Zimbabwe

·  Z3 - Macedonia

·  ZA - Albania

·  ZK - New Zealand

·  ZP - Paraguay

·  ZS - South Africa
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