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| THE BEACH |
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| QANTAS A330-202 VH-EBP (CN 1174) |
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| QANTAS B747-438 VH-OEJ (CN 32914) |
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| QANTAS B737-838 RETRO ROO 11 VH-VXQ (CN 33723) |
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| QANTAS A380-841 VH-OQH (CN 050) |
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| AIR NEW ZEALAND A320-232 ZK-OJG (CN 2173) |
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| QANTAS A330-202 VH-EBQ (CN 1198) |
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| REX SAAB 340 VH-ZLJ (CN 380) |
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| CATHAY PACIFIC B777-3677 B-KQP (CN 41758) |
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| VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE VH-VOR (CN 33799) |
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| TIGER AIR B737-8FE VH-VUD (CN 34015) |
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| AIR AMBULANCE KING AIR 200 VH-AMS (CN BL-168) |
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| QANTAS B747-48E VH-OEB (CN 25778) |
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JETSTAR B787-8 VH-VKK (CN 36237)
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My flight home was at 4pm and boarding was at 3.40pm, so at 3pm I left the beach area and headed to the airport which was 10 minutes away. After dropping back my hire car I headed to the terminal, after passing through security I quickly went up to the QANTAS museum to see if the UPS MD 11 and the ATLAS 747 had landed, and unfortunately they had.
I had about 15 minutes there grabbing a few more movements.
At 3.30 I headed down to gate 7 were our QANTAS Boeing 737-838 was waiting, the aircraft for today's flight was VH-VXG (CN 30901) the last time I was on this aircraft was 25th October 2016.
We began boarding at 3.38pm and I took my seat which was 24F. The last cabin door was closed at 4.03 and we pushed back at 4.04pm. We began taxiing at 4.07 and taxied out for the longest line up point of the airport. Arriving at the 34R holding point we continued out onto the runway for a rolling start, getting airborne at 4.18. Once airborne we banked right and headed out along the coast line before heading out to sea.
We crossed the coast again right over the top of Newcastle and headed for Grafton as we climbed to our cruising altitude of 370. The climb out I would say was slight to moderate in places but otherwise smooth for most of the flight. Cheese and crackers were served along with complimentary alcohol, so I opted for a James Boags beer. We began our descent at 4.58pm and once abeam the Gold Coast we banked left in flew in towards my home, we banked right at a way point called GLENN (Archerfield Airport) and we tracked down the ILS for a 01 landing , touching down at 5.19pm.
I had about 15 minutes there grabbing a few more movements.
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| QANTASLINK DASH 8 Q402 VH-QOH (CN 4132) |
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| QANTASLINK DASH 8 Q402 VH-LQQ (CN 4461) |
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| SINGAPORE A380-841 9V-SKC (CN 006) |
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| JETSTAR TAILS |
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| ALL NIPPON B787-9 JA837A (CN 34526) |
At 3.30 I headed down to gate 7 were our QANTAS Boeing 737-838 was waiting, the aircraft for today's flight was VH-VXG (CN 30901) the last time I was on this aircraft was 25th October 2016.
We began boarding at 3.38pm and I took my seat which was 24F. The last cabin door was closed at 4.03 and we pushed back at 4.04pm. We began taxiing at 4.07 and taxied out for the longest line up point of the airport. Arriving at the 34R holding point we continued out onto the runway for a rolling start, getting airborne at 4.18. Once airborne we banked right and headed out along the coast line before heading out to sea.
We crossed the coast again right over the top of Newcastle and headed for Grafton as we climbed to our cruising altitude of 370. The climb out I would say was slight to moderate in places but otherwise smooth for most of the flight. Cheese and crackers were served along with complimentary alcohol, so I opted for a James Boags beer. We began our descent at 4.58pm and once abeam the Gold Coast we banked left in flew in towards my home, we banked right at a way point called GLENN (Archerfield Airport) and we tracked down the ILS for a 01 landing , touching down at 5.19pm.
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