Aviation Expo - Brisbane Airport

Aviation Australia has once again put on an aviation expo held at Brisbane Airport.

Aviation Australia is a world class, registered training organisation, established by the Queensland State Government in 2001 to support the development and growth of aviation and aerospace industries in both the Australian and international markets.

The aircraft static display, although a little disappointing, was once again a major attraction, featuring a range of iconic aircraft that visitors had the unique opportunity to experience up close.

The Aviation Expo also featured dozens of exhibitors from the aviation, defence and education industries who inspired and educated visitors about how to launch into a career in aviation.

There were so many activities for visitors to experience, including cabin crew evacuations, avionics demonstrations, insight into an operational hangar environment, roving entertainment and careers seminars.

The only way to get to the static display, which was on the logistics apron, was by bus. You couldn't walk in. So as soon as we arrived, we headed to the bus pick up area and lined up for the bus. Once on the apron, we headed to the RAAF C 27 Spartan. After waiting for almost an hour we went through the Spartan, once done, we lined up again for another hour fifteen to go through the Alliance E 190.

Then we walked around looking at all the other aircraft on display. The great thing about being there was we got to see the departing aircraft as well, so the best of both worlds.

RAAF ALENIA C27J SPARTAN A34-003 (MSN 4182/AUS03)

ALLIANCE ERJ-190-100 VH-UYW (MSN 19000174)

GENERAL ELECTRIC GE34-10E6

AEROPRAKT A-32 VIXXEN 23-8770 (MSN 017)

CESSNA 172 SKYHAWK VH-LXA (MSN 172-80906)

CESSNA 182K VH-SFH (MSN 182-57749)

TECNAM P2010 VH-TVJ (MSN 149)

TECNAM P MENTOR VH-TMG (MSN 1030)

GENERAL AVIA F.22R VH-PIQ (MSN 021)

SLING 2    23-9954 (MSN 254)

SLING 4 VH-VWY (MSN 311SK)

CESSNA 172S SKYHAWK SP VH-RAQ (MSN 172S-9798)

CIRRUS SR22 VH-MSF (MSN 0153)

PIPER PA 31P VH-UAA (MSN 31P-7530009)

BEECH C90 VH-CFO (MSN LJ510)

CESSNA 182Q VH-IBZ (MSN 182-67708)

PIPER-44-180 VH-PVG (MSN 4496118)

ROBINSON R22 BETA VH-HVA (MSN 3914)

ROBINSON R44 VH-BZX (MSN 1132)

AUGUSTAWESTLAND AW139 VH-XIL (MSN 41411)

EMIRATES AIRBUS A380-861 A6-EOC (MSN 165)
TOLL BOEING 737-484F ZK-TLL (MSN 25362)

AIR CANADA BOEING 787-9 C-FRSA (MSN 37175)

QANTAS DASH 8 Q400 VH-QOH (MSN 4132)

PHILIPPINE AIRBUS A321-271 RP-C9936 (MSN 8619)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-7K2 VH-NHW (MSN 39257)

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-303 VH-QPI (MSN 0705)

RAAF DASSAULT FALCON 7 X A56-001 (MSN 283)

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 B-18915 (MSN 179)

AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 777-319 ZK-OKQ (MSN 40689)

REX BOEING 737-8FE VH-RYU (MSN 33794)

SINGAPORE AIRLINES A350-941 9V-SHU (MSN 469)