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here are some various shots of different a/c i have seen in the past few months, been meaning to post them just hadn't had time enjoy!





don't see many if any civil hercs, this one is owned by Lynden air cargo, not sure what it is doing in Brisbane, has been here several times



































Jason

Great pics Jace. The Herc is certainly pretty interesting huh.
Love the bigger fans on those B717's, such a shame there isn't a recent payware FSX model for them.

deeknow wrote:

QUOTE (deeknow @ Oct 15 2012,6:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Great pics Jace. The Herc is certainly pretty interesting huh.

I agree pics.

Great photo's , the defunct Impulse airline operated the first Boeing 717s , had a chance to check out a two day old on the ramp in Sydney ... course the airline flopped and the 71s went to QANTAS .... the fave would have to be the 747

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Oct 15 2012,4:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Great photo's , the defunct Impulse airline operated the first Boeing 717s , had a chance to check out a two day old on the ramp in Sydney ... course the airline flopped and the 71s went to QANTAS .... the fave would have to be the 747

Not quite Ian, the airline was bought out by Qantas after Qantas utilised their services as LCC in competition with Virgin Blue. Impulse and the 717s soon became Jetstar. Now the aircraft are operated by Cobham Aviation on behalf of Qantaslink I believe.

Very similar to what ANZ did to fledgling Hamilton based airline KIWI , little airline got pushed out of the market , other good example was Origin ... rip the underline base out and the small airlines topple .

Nice pics! Looks like it was a warm day!

always warm, be nice to get some rain!! alas the 747 is getting harder to spot these days here in Brisbane, on the flip side, the 717 and Fokker 70s and 100s are becoming quite easy to see. still don't have any a380 services yet, ian there was also k2000 after kiwi, but they lasted only a few flights,
Jason

Jas , it was a least aircraft from tour company Airtours 2000 originally a 727 then replaced with the 757 , maintainace done in Singapore i recall and was deliberately stalled , by govt and ANZ boss's .. same dribble that happened with Origin and course Impulse in Oz and going back many years ago SPANZ ,

But yes it was a 757 with a great across the fuselage .

I will post a couple of special shots that I got tonight when I get up tomorrow morning. You guys should like them. Don't normall get to see one of these this close

Jason

I knew k2000 was a leased a/c, all middle eastern flight crew, rude as as well, always got in our way and made our life difficult trying to turn the a/c around, the a/c was very dirty as well,

anyways, as promised here is the mystery plane



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the old but still impressive an-124, was loading up some bushmasters, huge aircraft, and very unusual to see up close in daylight hours

Jason

Thanks for sharing Jason. What a great sight huh, lucky to see the 124 in the flesh

Amazing how these AN124s get around the world , in and out of NZCH once in a while , i saw one do a wing over from zero ATL during a display .. that was impressive .. inside the hold ..least the one i was speaking off had a 15Tonne gantry crane inside plus a couple of 5Tonners

That Herc , strange you showing that model the Civil L100-30 , had one come in overhead yesterday afternoon a SAFIR from the ice .. funny thing with the scheme , they all white bar the logo and SAFAIR logo on the tail , you would thing you would loose em

hi guys and gals, yet another antonov pic for you, parked right by the raod on my way to work yesterday, these things are becoming common, have seen one almost once a week for the last month or so

enjoy

Jason , you just keep posting .. once a week we are all more than happy to shoot this one to bits , maybe a nudge nudge wink wink to get in the cockpit .. instead of a pre-flight check its a pre-work check .. Lunch .. check .. Earmuffs .. check .. Safety boots .. check .. eye protection .. check .. communication headset .. check .. CAMERA .. check .

now to the ramp

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Great Pics Jason Thanks for shareing