Today was my last day in this amazing hotel as I had to head back home to Brisbane this afternoon.
After yesterday's disastrous day of spotting in torrential rain, I was very pleased to see blue sky this morning. Staying at Rydges you get free access to the roof top if they aren't having a function, it was just after 6am so I knew I was fairly safe knowing there were no functions going on up there, so I headed up for a few hours..
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EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EEM (CN 134)
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JAPAN AIR B777-346 JA742J (CN 36129)
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| EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EDY (CN 106) |
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| BRITISH AIRWAYS B777-336 G-STBI (CN 43702) |
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| QANTAS A380-842 VH-OQH (CN 50) |
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| AMERICAN B777-323 N735AT (CN 32439) |
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| DELTA B777-232 N707DN (CN 39091) |
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| QANTAS A380-841 VH-OQK (CN 063) |
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| QANTAS B747-438 VH-OJT (CN 25565) |
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| CHINA SOUTHERN A330-343 B6112 (CN 937) |
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| SINGAPORE A380-841 9V-SKC (CN 006) |
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| UNITED B787-9 N19951 (CN 36402) |
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| THAI B747-4D7 HS-TGZ (CN 28706) |
Around 8.30 I went back to my room to drop off my things and I headed down stairs for breakfast.
I went back to my room and packed up all my gear as I was going to check out, leave my bags with the concierge and then head back up to the roof for a few hours. Unfortunately there was a function on so access was denied. I decided to go back to my room and continue spotting there for another hour.
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| CATHAY PACIFIC A330-343 B-HLS (CN 423) |
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| SINGAPORE B777-312 9V-SWF (CN 34571) |
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| ATLAS AIR B747-47U N492MC (CN 29253) |
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| AIR CANADA B777-233 C-FIVK (CN 35245) |
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| ALL NIPPON B787-9 JA880A (CN 34533) |
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PHILIPPINE A330-343 RP-C8764 (CN 1553)
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| UNITED B787-9 N26952 (CN 36403) |
Around 11am I checked out and went to the terminal; checked in and dropped off my suitcase and then found a window so I can continue spotting. My flight wasn't until 2pm so I had a good 2 hours up my sleeve
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LAN B787-9 (CN 38479)
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CHINA SOUTHERN A330-323 B-5928 (CN 1430)
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| RYDGES AIRPORT HOTEL |
1.40pm I headed to gate 10 were my Qantas flight 530 was waiting; we boarded at 1.53pm and I took my seat which was 10F; as usual the aircraft was a Boeing 737-838 VH-VXZ. We were told by the pilot there was a delay in starting due to a back log of departures. We pushed back at 2.22pm and began taxiing at 2.25. We were number 6 in the queue for departure.
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| RUNWAY 25 |
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SINGAPORE CARGO B747-412F 9V-SFM (CN 32898)
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| SYDNEY |
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We got airborne off runway 25 in Sydney at 2.47pm. We banked right and set course for Brisbane flying up over Newcastle; Armidale and Lismore. We began our descent at 3.33 and landed on runway 19 at 3.56pm, 26 mins behind schedule..
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