The Planespotting/General AV Geek Thread

[lastrow]

Any one remember these? The Ansett pic was taken in Franklin St Melbourne
Not sure about the TAA pic. At least if you were on the bus you knew you wouldn't miss the plane

 

[Captain Halliday]

Nostalgia is good. Look at the clothes people wore back then. Their Sunday best as opposed to thongs, footy shorts and the Bintang singlets of today. Actually these days it's generally people from the poorest countries that dress the best.

Spoken like a true Darwin visitor!

I think you'll find most Darwin locals would choose their good thongs if they're going into the QP. Single pluggas just isn't the done thing.

 

[markis10]

Jumping the queue on 34R tonight at SYD.

 

[drpurpleturtle]

According to AirlineHubBuzz, VH-OJA will preserved at an "Australian Museum" (which has to be QFM at Longreach), instead of being stored at Victorville. This is great news for such an historic bird.

QANTAS' first 747-400 will now be preserved - historically significant - Airline Hub Buzz | Airline news and Information

 

[Boris spatsky]

Jumping the queue on 34R tonight at SYD.

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At least you were going north - we were all going south and they were only letting south departures depart once every 6 minutes due to the TS. We sat there for 18 minutes.

 

[markis10]

At least you were going north - we were all going south and they were only letting south departures depart once every 6 minutes due to the TS. We sat there for 18 minutes.

We did pay for it in the form of moderate chop at cruise until Coffs

 

[markis10]

Something caught my eye in Caloundra and I had to stop, what a rare bird.

 

[TomVexille]

Something caught my eye in Caloundra and I had to stop, what a rare bird.

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Nice spot.

 

[markis10]

Nice spot.

NC28, one of 8 left from 53 ever made.

Starships NC-21 to NC-30

Last piloted by the late Col Pay, I knew she was at Caloundra but first time I have seen her outside, surprised the mueseum has not grabbed her.

 

[kelvedon]

....And back in 1980 here's a Braniff 747 in Texan camouflage colours readying for it's LGW-DFW flight. Is that a Laker F28 in the forground?

 

[markis10]

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....And back in 1980 here's a Braniff 747 in Texan camouflage colours readying for it's LGW-DFW flight. Is that a Laker F28 in the forground?

Laker never operated Fokkers, its a BAC 1-11

http://www.bac1-11jet.co.uk/images/107 Laker 1-11 G-AVBW.jpg

 

[lastrow]

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....And back in 1980 here's a Braniff 747 in Texan camouflage colours readying for it's LGW-DFW flight. Is that a Laker F28 in the foreground?

Did Laker ever have F28's ? I think he was one of the first users of the A300 which he flew long haul. The aircraft in the near foreground I think is a DC10 but what airline?

 

[Meggsy]

Did Laker ever have F28's ? I think he was one of the first users of the A300 which he flew long haul. The aircraft in the near foreground I think is a DC10 but what airline?

It is a DC10 operated by Wardair Canada or Wardair International as they came to be. Were taken over by Canadian Airlines in the late 1980's.

 

[RooFlyer]

Not sure if this counts. Myanma Airways (no 'r' at the end of Myanmar) Fokker in a park in Yangon.

I know an expression involving the word 'Fokker' - and that pretty well describes this bird.

 

[lastrow]

An old Fokker F27, one of the worlds most popular regional airplanes a few decades ago although there are still plenty flying in shall we say less developed countries.
They were noisy, bumpy and cramped airplanes in a 2+2 configuration. I used to enjoy watching the landing wheels retract, clearly visible out the window.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

An old Fokker F27, one of the worlds most popular regional airplanes a few decades ago although there are still plenty flying in shall we say less developed countries.

They were noisy, bumpy and cramped airplanes in a 2+2 configuration. I used to enjoy watching the landing wheels retract, clearly visible out the window.

Hence the expression '10 tonne dog whistle'.

 

[lastrow]

Hence the expression '10 tonne dog whistle'.

You are absolutely right. The twin turbo props used to make one hell of a din, a high pitched scream especially when they moved off from their parked position. The noise was not muffled much inside either.
I think it was a characteristic of the Rolls Royce Dart turboprops used in F28's and Viscounts.

 

[markis10]

After the Hercules, line up LOL

https://twitter.com/casey_stedman/status/542410200552988672

 

[PaulST]

After the Hercules, line up LOL

https://twitter.com/casey_stedman/status/542410200552988672

Cool photo but I can't help but think... tax dollars not being used well...

 

[markis10]

Cool photo but I can't help but think... tax dollars not being used well...

Not our dollars, they are C130Hs of which we only ever owned half of the amount in that photo. I suspect it was a joint forcible entry exercise where units are tasked with generating aircraft at short notice for a mission requiring large numbers of aircraft. Not exactly a waste of money but more a practice for what could be a real requirement.