After a few really productive days in Sydney it was time to go home. My Qantas flight was at 4pm so I made my way to the airport arriving there at 2.45pm. I made my way up to the Qantas Heritage Museum to do some plane spotting but unfortunately it was closed due to a private function. I would say it was a Qantas function to celebrate their 96th birthday which was yesterday.
After a short time there it was time to head down to gate 2 where my 737-838 was waiting, the aircraft today was VH-VXJ. We began boarding at 3.40 and I took my seat which was 9F. The gentlemen in the middle seat was a large man and his arms protruded well into my space; so I was very uncomfortable and couldn't move much in my seat.
We pushed back at 4.01 and began taxiing at 4.04. Runways 34L and R were in use so we taxied out for runway 34R; this is the furthest point from the terminal to line up and it took us 13 minutes to get down there.
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE VH-VUU (CN 36609) |
We lined up and got airborne at 4.20pm, we banked right shortly after take off and then after a few minutes we made a slow left hand turn where we set course for Brisbane. We climbed to flt Lvl 390. Unlike the flight down this flight was extremely smooth and very comfortable. Our track took us up over Newcastle and directly over the Gold Coast. We began our descent at 5.03 and landed from the north on runway 19 at 5.34pm. Because Queensland doesn't have daylight saving we lost an hour so our actual arrival time is 4.34pm.
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