Sunday, 30 August 2026

Plane spotting from 4 different locations - part two

Following on from yesterday's post, here are more photos taken on Friday afternoon / evening, including the Qatar special livery, the Wamos A330 and the two US Navy Boeing C-40A Clippers.

FELLOWSHIP PLACE - LOCATION 2

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4D (MSN 55298)
QLK1564 OFF TO CAIRNS (CNS) 2 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YFY (MSN 41016)
VA608 ARRIVING FROM MACKAY (MKY) 9 YEARS

LINK AIRWAYS SAAB 340B VH-VEF (MSN 340B-408)
LR441 OFF TO THANGOOL (THG) 27 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES EMBRAER E190AR VH-A3U (MSN 19000629)
QQ4822 ARRIVING FROM THE GRANITES (GTS) 13 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 70 VH-QQR (MSN 11564)
QQ4356 OFF TO MORANBAH (MOV) 30 YEARS



NATIONAL JET EXPRESS DASH 8 400 VH-8QE (MSN 4205)
WO207 ARRIVING FROM PROMINENT HILL (PXH) 18 YEARS

NATIONAL JET EXPRESS DASH 8 400 VH-8QA (MSN 4582)
WO923 ARRIVING FROM COOMA (OOM) 8 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKD (MSN 36229)
JQ65 OFF TO BAHGKOK (BKK) 12 YEARS

GAM AIR ROCKWELL COMMANDER 690A VH-YJG (MSN 11308)


AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271 ZK-NNI (MSN 12593)
NZ150 OFF TO AUCKLAND (AKL) 1 YEAR


SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHT (MSN 464)
SQ236 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 5 YEARS

LEVEL 9 DOMESTIC CAR PARK - LOCATION 3

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHL (MSN 371)
SQ236 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 6 YEARS


QATAR BOEING 777-3DZ A7-BED (MSN 60330)
QR898 ARRIVING FROM DOHA (DOH) 11 YEARS



NAURU AIRLINES BOEING 737-83N VH-AN2 (MSN 30660)
ON1 ARRIVING FROM NAURU (INU) 23 YEARS


QANTAS AIRBUS A330-202 VH-EBO (MSN 1169)
QF126 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 15 YEARS


WAMOS AIR AIRBUS A330-343 EC-ODQ (MSN 1077)
SB150 ARRIVING FROM NOUMEA (NOU) 16 YEARS
FLYING FOR AIR CALIN



UNITED STATES NAVY BOEING C-40 CLIPPER 168980 (MSN 43827)
ARRIVED FROM DARWIN (DRW) 12 YEARS

UNITED STATES NAVY BOEING C-40 CLIPPER 166694 (MSN 40573)
ARRIVED FROM DARWIN (DRW) 16 YEARS

LOGISTICS APRON - LOCATION 4



SKYTRANS AUSTRALIA AIRBUS A319-112 VH-L7C (MSN 1740)

ASL AIRLINES BAe 146-300 VH-SQR (MSN E3151) 36 YEARS

TEAM GLOBAL EXPRESS BOEING 737-8FE ZK-TXC (MSN 33798) 22 YEARS
NOW OWNED BY TEXEL AIR

NAURU AIRLINES BOEING 737-3U3 VH-ONU (MSN 28732) 28 YEARS


SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHP (MSN 436)
SQ245 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE (SIN) 6 YEARS


Saturday, 29 August 2026

Plane spotting from 4 different locations -part one

Yesterday, my family and I took our usual walk along the waterfront at New Farm Park, where I snapped a few photos of departing aircraft. We were expecting a special livery from Alliance Airlines to arrive in Brisbane around 1:15 pm, so we headed to the airport to catch it. By 3:00 pm, we found out it had been cancelled. Since we were already there, we decided to stick around for the 5:30 pm arrival of Qatar in a special livery, along with the chartered Air Caledonia A330 in Wamos livery. To our surprise, we also learned that two United States Navy C-40A Clippers would be arriving around 6:30 pm, so we stayed to see those as well.

Due to the large number of photos taken I have to split them over two posts (the computer won't let me load the whole lot in one hit 😂😂)

FROM NEW FARM PARK - LOCATION 1

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VXO (MSN 33485)
QF824 OFF TO DARWIN (DRW) 24 YEARS

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYE 9MSN 19000034)
QLK1918 OFF TO GLADSTONE (GLT) 20 YEARS

MALAYSIA AIRLINES AIRBUS A330-941 9M-MNJ (MSN 2092)
MH134 OFF TO KUALA LUMPUR (KUL) 1 YEAR

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-VUK (MSN 36602)
VA775 OFF TO CAIRNS (CNS) 19 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-X3J (MSN 5433)
JQ930 OFF TO CAIRNS (CNS) 13 YEARS

AIR NIUGINI BOEING 737-860 P2-PXA (MSN 40966)
PX6 OFF TO PORT MORESBY (POM) 13 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPH (MSN 695) 
QF61 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 20 YEARS

FELLOWSHIP PLACE - LOCATION 2

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPJ (MSN 712) 
QF51 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 20 YEARS

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES AIRBUS A321-271N RP-C9936 (MSN 8619)
PR222 OFF TO MANILA (MNL) 7 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 70 VH-NUU (MSN 11532) 
TEST FLIGHT BRISBANE - BRISBANE


VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-MAX 8 VH-8VA (MSN 67034)
VA324 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 1 YEAR

FIJI AIRWAYS BOEING 737 MAX 8 DQ-FAD (MSN 64308)
FJ920 OFF TO NADI (NAN) 7 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251NX VH-OYQ (MSN 12020)
JQ633 OFF TO AVALON (AVV) 2 YEARS

AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 787-9 ZK-NZF (MSN 34335)
NZ290 OVERFLYING BRISBANE FROM AUCKLAND TO DENPASAR

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271N ZK-NHF (MSN 10589)
NZ268 OFF TO QUEENSTOWN (ZQN) 4 YEARS

QANTASLINK DASH 8 400 VH-84E (MSN 4453)
QLF302D OFF TO MILES (WLE) 12 YEARS

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4I (MSN 55402)
QF1280 ARRIVING FROM ADELAIDE (ADL) 10 MONTHS

JETSTAR AAAIRBUS A320-232 VH-X3E (MSN 4914)
JQ908 OFF TO TOWNSVILLE (TSV) 14 YEARS

ALLIANCE EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYC (MSN 19000016)
QF1948 ARRIVING FROM CANBERRA (CBR) 21 YEARS

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRBUS A350-941 B-LRK (MSN 070)
CX150 OFF TO HONG KONG (HGK) 9 YEARS


ROYAL FLYING DOCTORS BEECH KING AIR B200 VH-FDG (MSN BB-2012)

PEARL AVIATION BEECH KING AIR 350 VH-FIY (MSN FL-760) 

AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 787-9 ZK-NZC (MSN 41988)
NZ146 OFF TO AUCKLAND (AKL) 12 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKE (MSN 36230)
JQ23 OFF TO OSAKA (KIX) 12 YEARS