Just took a quick hop from YSSY to YSCB courtesy of a Dash-8 Q400 with a very smooth pilot at the controls (hardly knew we touched down in CBR). Just wanted to share the inflight meal we were served. QF provide a quick snack on the short hop, a Pumpkin and Fetta savoury muffin, with […]
Helicopter crashes at Dreamworld theme park
Bad news from Queensland and something that personally I am very saddened by. The helicopter based at Dreamworld that takes park attendees on joy flights around the Gold Coast crashed today injuring five. The chopper experienced difficulty when over the park but the pilot appears to have managed to control the aircraft enough to bring […]
Jetstar pulls flights from Gold Coast
I heard in a meeting today that Jetstar have pulled 3 flights a day into the Gold Coast. Jetstar operate flights into Coolangatta airport, typically A320’s from Sydney. The cut in flights will be felt by the tourism industries on the Gold Coast.
Air France wreckage found
It’s being reported this morning that a 3m line of “metal and wiring” has been found in the Atlantic by a Brazillian satellite. The likelihood of the Ocean bringing together this amount of debris independently is very low, so it does appear that this could be the wreckage of Flight 447.
F-GZCP Air France Flight 447
This is a recent photo from JetPhotos.net of the Air France A330 recently declared missing en route to Paris from Rio: http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6497761&nseq=3
Air France Flight 447
Still not much more information relating to Air France’s Flight 447 which lost contact over the Atlantic Ocean yesterday. Brazillian Authorities have released a nationality list of the passengers on board the flight and contact numbers for enquiries. See the list and contact details on the Seattle Post website here: http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/169982.asp I heard additional reports […]
Air France A330 missing over Atlantic
Reports are coming in of an Air France A330 which has gone missing over the Atlantic. The flight from Rio to Paris was lost from radar a few hours after take off. The flight is past its due landing time and rescue craft have been deployed. The Aircraft with GE engines was less than 5 […]
View over Queensland
Queensland from 28,000 feet.
V Australia Boeing 777
It’s always nice to see a new aircraft over the skies of Sydney, and even though V Australia’s B777 has been flying for a few months now, I saw it for the first time heading West after departing Sydney today. Like the A380, I think the B777 is one of the more distinctive aircraft in […]
Indonesia (East Java) plane crash reports
Hearing reports of a plane down in Indonesia. It appears to have been an Air Force Hercules carrying passengers that came down on final approach. News story from the Australian website can be seen here:http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25511452-2703,00.html