Saturday Spotting

I had to drop my daughter into the city for about 3 hours, so I decided to go out to the airport. Even though I love aviation so much, I think Brisbane is a very boring, disappointing airport. We get the same small amount of airlines and they (the internationals) bring in the same registered aircraft over and over.






ALLIANCE FOKKER F28 MK 70 VH-NUU (CN 11532)
SUPPORTING AUSTRALIANS WITH BREAST CANCER - LIVERY



ALLIANCE FOKKER F28 MK 70 VH-KBX (CN 11547)

ROYAL BRUNEI A320-251 V8-RBE (CN 8399)

MINERALOGY MCDONNEL DOUGLAS MD 82 VP-CBH (CN 53577)

AIR NIUGINI B767-383 P2-PXW (CN 25365)
OFF TO PORT MORESBY

TIGERAIR A320-232 VH-VNK (CN 3896)
OFF TO MELBOURNE

CHINA SOUTHERN A330-223 B-6542 (1297)
OFF TO GUANGZHOU

JETSTAR A320-232 VH-VQQ (CN 2537)
OFF TO SYDNEY

CHINA AIRLINES A350-941 B-18906 (CN 092)
ARRIVING FROM TAIPEI

QANTAS B787-9 VH-ZNF (CN 36241)
OFF TO LOS ANGELES

QANTAS A330-303 VH-QPD (CN 0574)
OFF TO HONG KONG

QANTASLINK B717-23S VH-NXD (CN 55062)
OFF TO ALICE SPRINGS

AIR CANADA B787-8 C-GHQQ (CN 35263)
OFF TO VANCOUVER



JETSTAR A321-231 VH-VWT (CN 3717)
ARRIVING FROM MELBOURNE

PHILIPPINE A321-271NEO RP-C9934 (CN 8484)
OFF TO MANILA

AIR NEW ZEALAND B777-35E ZK-OKT (CN 32644)
ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND

 EVA AIRCRAFT - NEW ZEALAND REGISTRATION
AIRCRAFT IS FLYING FOR AIR NEW ZEALAND

CHINA EASTERN A330-243 B-5921 (CN 1402)
OFF TO SHANGHAI

CATHAY PACIFIC A330-343 B-LAQ (CN 1349)
OFF TO HONG KONG VIA CAIRNS

QANTASLINK DASH 8 Q400 VH-QOW (4285)
OFF TO MORANBAH

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B777-3ZG VH-VPF (CN 37940)
OFF TO LOS ANGELES

(THAI) AIR ASIA X A330-343 HS-XTE (CN 1619)
ARRIVING FROM BANGKOK

ALLIANCE FOKKER F28 MK 100 VH-UQB (CN 11483)
ARRIVING FROM ROCKHAMPTON

ALLIANCE FOKKER F28 MK 70 VH-QQX (CN 11571)
ARRIVING FROM BUNDABERG

Riverfire rehearsals

With the 2019 Riverfire upon us we have had the usual RAAF practice runs yesterday and today.
Yesterday I got to the advantage point at Kangaroo Point around 12.45pm and while I waited I thought I would take a few photos of the city and one of our famous river boats - the Kookaburra Queen as it gracefully steamed its way up the river.

Yesterday at 1pm on the dot we had a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III with the callsign "Stallion Zero Three" do a few low level runs over the city.

RAAF BOEING C-17A GLOBEMASTER III A41-207

Then today again at 1pm on the dot we had another military aircraft do a practice run. this time it was an F/A -18F Super Hornet. There were suppose to be two aircraft but only one turned up...

RAAF BOEING F/A 18F SUPER HORNET A44-202
DELIVERED TO No 1 SQUADRON AMBERLEY 26/03/2010

Then after two low level swoops over the city the F/A18 climbed away and headed back to Amberley.
Everyone started walking away.. including me..  THEN just as I got to the car the second one came racing over the city at full speed. Unfortunately I didn't have time to get back to my spot and I had to make do with the position I was at.

RAAF BOEING F/A 18 SUPER HORNET A41-211
DELIVERED TO No 1 SQUADRON AMBERLEY 06/07/2010 

What is Riverfire
Riverfire is one of Australia's leading international arts festivals, and is held each September in Brisbane. Its presence dominates the city for three weeks in September and its line-up of classical and contemporary music, theatre, dance, comedy, opera, circus and major public events such as Riverfire attracts an audience of around one million people every year.
The close of the festival is celebrated by a huge fireworks display with fireworks coming from barges in the river and from the roof of many buildings around the city and of course the RAAF aircraft displays.