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Photographers looking to capture the perfect shot at Sydney Airport can now enjoy a new facility overlooking the airfield with the official opening of Shep’s Mound. Situated near the air traffic control tower at the south-eastern end of the airfield, ‘the mound’ has been a popular location for aviation photographers for many years. This content
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has finished the repainting program of its fleet of 12 Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules airlifters. The last C-130J to be repainted in the current two-tone dark grey scheme, A97-448, emerged from the Douglas Aerospace hangar at Wagga Wagga Airport in mid-August, images released by Defence show. This content is
Qantas’s first Boeing 787-9 is now under final assembly ahead of its anticipated October delivery date. A photo posted to Qantas’s Instagram account on Friday shows the fuselage joined to the nose and tail, while the wings were in the process of being attached at Boeing’s Everett facility. This content is available exclusively to Australian
The oldest aircraft in the mainline Qantas fleet, Boeing 747-438 VH-OJM, has been retired, operating its last revenue flight on Sunday. VH-OJM Gosford operated QF73 from Sydney to San Francisco, the 13 hour flight departing just before 1:15pm on Sunday. After a few hours on the ground the quad-jet then made the short hop southeast to
Honeywell’s around-the-world tour of its Boeing 757 flying tech lab has reached Australia. The 757, which stands out because of a third pylon behind the cockpit, touched down in Melbourne on July 21, having flown in from Jakarta. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the
The first Fokker 100 operated by Qantas’s regional arm QantasLink has emerged from the paintshop. Fokker 100 VH-NHP is pictured here flying into Perth Airport on Wednesday after repainting with Douglas Aerospace in Wagga Wagga. Flight tracking website Flightaware shows that VH-NHP had arrived in Wagga Wagga for repainting on June 9. This content is
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