I once again find myself at the airport at 4.30 AM... My Qantas flight 503 departs at 5.20 and boarding time is 5am, so I left home at 3.45 and arrived here at 4.20am.
After clearing security, and yet again getting swabbed for explosives, I made my way up to the Qantas club in time for a quick coffee and a light breakfast.
I headed to gate 21 at 4.55 stopping to grab a quick photo on the way
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| QANTAS B737-838 VH-VZB (CN 34196) |
As soon as I got to the gate we began boarding, the aircraft was the usual B737-838 and this time I was on VH-VYG (CN 33995) and I took my seat which was 7F.
We pushed back at 5.22am and started taxiing at 5.25, because it was before 6am curfew runway 01 was in use for departures and runway 19 for arrivals.
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| ALLIANCE F28 MK70 VH-JFB (CN 11521) |
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE'S AND AN ATR 72 |
We taxied out for 01 and had a rolling start becoming airborne at 5.30.
After climb out we banked slowly to the right and flew back abeam the airport. I quickly discovered the outside window had many scratches on it making clear photos impossible.
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| BRISBANE AIRPORT |
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| BRISBANE CITY |
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| ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT |
We climbed to flight level 380 and the flight was very smooth at first but then as we climbed pass 200 I'm guessing it became very rough and bumpy. The flight smoothed out for a while but on descent it became very rough and uncomfortable. I have had many many flights but this made me feel sick in the stomach for a few hours.
We began our descent at 6.15am and landed on runway 16L in Sydney at 6.40, due to daylight savings we had to put the time forward on hour making our arrival 7.40am
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We taxied past the Myjet Asia B737-7KK which I was pleased about since I missed this in Brisbane
| MYJET ASIA B737-7KK VP-CAM (CN38608) |
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