A day spent spotting at Sydney Airport with Greg Spencer yielded a very awesome lineup of Aircraft.

Great military aircraft effort above all too!

Heres some of the highlights of the day:

Air Pacific Boeing 767-300ER



Virgin Blue Embraer 170



Qantas Boeing 747-400



Qantas Boeing 767-300ER



Tiger Airways Airbus A320



Jetstar Airbus A330-200



Qantas Airbus A380 VH-OQA



Qantas Airbus A380 VH-OQE



More to come later!

Stephen

and following on before I go to bed:

Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340-300





Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300



Jetstar Airbus A320 in Quiksilver livery



Thai Airways Airbus A340-600



Phillipines Air Boeing 777-300ER



Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER



Qantas Boeing 737-800 "Yananyi Dreaming"



Stephen

THEY ARE ALLLLLL AIRBUSES bar the A380 and 737, whats the go !!!!
Nah mate well done, awesome pictures

Yeah, very nice stuff!
Lufthansa getting his first A380 on May 19, 2010. So there are only 20 days left!! (=

Nice photos everyone.

And more from YSSY (Sydney):

Virgin Blue (DJ) Boeing 737-700



Etihad Airbus A340-600



Jetstar Airbus A330-200



Malaysia Air Boeing 747-400



Stephen

And thats it from this spotting session, it was a top day, one of the best I've had in Sydney!

Qantaslink Dash 8 Q300



Qantaslink Dash 8 Q400





United Boeing 747-400



UPS McDonnell Douglas (bought out and owned by Boeing these days) MD-11 Freighter



Stephen

damn they are all great shots. so lucky to get an amazing selection of aircraft in that one go. well done.

I'll throw my hat in the ring..a Jetstar A-320..but what a crappy day for flying..ive got video of this planes take off...wet as bro!

Has anyone got photos or footage of the Surabusa (falcon) Spacecraft that made a succesful re-entry at Woomera after 7 years in Space ??? Helen ? ....It came in at middnight last night
Happy trails !

see Chris Handler's photos in the SA forum thread.

Thank You teckert ! Got it !

Nothing much to do but get out with the camera this time of the year. Got all 3 in the space of 10 minutes.

Here's an aircraft you don't see in Australia much, Ilyushin IL 96. Especially here in Adelaide.

http://myaviation.net/?pid=01805135
http://myaviation.net/?pid=01805136
http://myaviation.net/?pid=01805137
http://myaviation.net/?pid=01805138
http://myaviation.net/?pid=01805140
http://myaviation.net/?pid=01805141

speaking of Illyushins, here's my favourite bit of footage. Shot from the Canberra control tower some years back, when an Ilyushin 76 *just* managed to take off before ploughing through the road to/from Queanbeyan that I and many thousands drive on every day. The commentary from the controllers filming the takeoff is priceless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZGXwbPfwQs

He really did use every inch of the runway, AND quite a lot of the dirt once the runway ran out (see the dust puffing up just before he takes off, he was OFF the tarmac by then).

I have seen that video before, but still amazed that plane used all the runway.

They've built a big concrete wall at that point now, but I don't think it would stop a giant aeroplane! There's a very busy road a few feet beyond the fence (Pialligo Ave), which carries a huge amount of traffic to/from eastern NSW, Queanbeyan, Wamboin, Bungendore, the coast etc.

Thought I'd whack these up in here, shots taken from Amy Johnson Drive at the east end of YPDN RAAF on runway 29. F-16's and F/A-18's are part of Operation Pitch Black which is Australia's largest military exercise. The F-16's are from the Thai Air Force, F/A-18's are Aussies. Jetstar A-320 also spotted on final. Click for larger











TS

LOve the moon one Lennie, gives a cool perspective.

any advice for someone with a fear of flying? im flying out on an A340-600 and im petrified.. worried about plane breaking up in mid-air, hijackings, wing falling off, etc etc etc. Sounds stupid i know but cant help but think about it lol