Friday afternoon plane spotting

Hearing news that an ex-Qantas Freight 767 (VH-EFR) was leaving the Alice Springs graveyard and overnighting here in Brisbane before heading overseas to its new owners, my wife and I headed out to the airport for the afternoon. VH-EFR has now been re-registered and is now N367SP (MSN 33510)

Sadly the 767's flight plan was cancelled and it never left Alice Springs (ASP/YBAS).

But that didn't stop us from spend almost 5 hours at the airport.

LIFEFLIGHT LEONARDO AW139 VH-XIL (MSN 41411)

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 70 VH-NKQ (MSN 11572)

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 B-18910 (MSN 151)
CI53 OFF TO AUCKLAND (AKL) 7 YEARS

TEAM GLOBAL BOEING 737-8BK ZK-TXB (MSN 29644)
TFX95 OFF TO NORFOLK ISLAND (NLK) 17 YEARS

EXECUJET BOMBARDIER GLOBAL EXPRESS VH-VSK (MSN 9248)

AIR NIUGINI BOEING 767341 P2-PXV (MSN 30341)
PX3 ARRIVING FROM PORT MORESBY (POM) 25 YEARS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKH (MSN 36233)
JQ65 OFF TO BANGKOK (BKK) 10 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737 MAX 8 VH-8IA (MSN 65045)
VA1394 OFF TO ADELAIDE (ADL) 22 MONTHS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251 VH-OYR (MSN 12160)
JQ819 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 4 MONTHS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 70 VH-NUU (MSN 11532)
VA1240 ARRIVING FROM ROCKHAMPTON (ROK) 30 YEARS
FLYING FOR VIRGIN AUSTRALIA

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-231 VH-VWU (MSN 3948)
JQ822 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 15 YEARS

LINK AIRWAYS SAAB 340B VH-VEB (MSN 340B-425)
FC455 OFF TO BUNDABERG (BDB) 27 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-7K2 VH-NQI (38635)
VA613 OFF TO MACKAY (MKY) 13 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHV (MSN 475)
SQ236 OFF TO SINGAPORE 3 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-202 VH-EBN (MSN 1094)
QF53 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 15 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 100 VH-FGB (MSN 11446)
VA610 ARRIVING FROM MACKAY (MKY) 31 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 100 VH-UQG (MSN 11520)

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 70 VH-NKU (MSN 11446)
QQ2835 ARRIVING FROM MORANBAH (MOV) 29 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES EMBAER E190AR VH-UYC (MSN 19000016)
QF1907 OFF TO CANBERRA (CBR) 20 YEARS
FLYING FOR QANTAS

BEECH KING AIR 250 VH-VEW (MSN BY-204)
ARRIVING FROM CLEREMONT (CMQ) 11 YEARS

NATIONAL JET EXPRESS DASH 8 Q400 VH-8QB (MSN 4323)
NC923 ARRIVING FROM COOMA (OOM) 15 YEARS 

REX SAAB 340B VH-ZLQ (MSN 340B-370)
ZL5727 ARRIVING FROM ROMA (RMA) 29 YEARS

LINK AIRWAYS FAIRCHILD METRO 23 VH-VET (MSN DC-839B)
ARRIVING FROM THANGOOL (THG) 32 YEARS

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271NX ZK-NNA (MSN 8496)
NZ148 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 6 YEARS

McDERMOTT AVIATION BELL 47G-3B VH-HMK (MSN WAN29)

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271NX ZK-NNE (MSN 8799)
NZ273 ARRIVING FROM WELLINGTON (WLG) 5 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VZX (MSN 34188)
QF58 ARRIVING FROM PORT MORESBY (POM) 13 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-202 VH-EBO (MSN 1169)
QF126 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 14 YEARS

QATAR BOEING 777-3DZ A7-BAO (MSN 36011)
QR898 ARRIVING FROM DOHA (DOH) 16 YEARS

EMIRATES AIRBUS A380-861 A6-EOG (MSN 172)

After being there for a few hours, one of the local YouTube aviation channels turned up to do a live stream. James and Matty run the Only Plane Network (OPN) and mainly run of an afternoon / evening. If you haven't seen their stream before, you can hit the link to go to the channel. Don't forget to subscribe and that way you won't miss it when they go live next. Only Planes Network - YouTube

Then for the ship lovers amongst us, we had the Quantum of the Seas in Brisbane and left while we were there at the airport. Quantum of the Seas is a cruise ship and is sailing under the flag of Bahamas. Her length overall is 347 meters, and her width is 49.50 meters.