QF Final 747 flights - SYD, BNE & CBR

[NickCorr]

From my time in DRW and the exhibit at the museum there, my understanding is that a blind eye was turned to a few things.

For example, it wasn’t just children up to 2 years seated on laps.

And I guess the holds would have been fairly light too...

 

[Danger]

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AUTHORITY QANTAS CTC TEL: 0467 320 777
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We all now have a new number to contact next time we're delayed.

 

[sudoer]

We all now have a new number to contact next time we're delayed.

Great number though, it's a shame Qantas doesn't run an A320 / B777 fleet.

 

[mannej]

Great number though, it's a shame Qantas doesn't run an A320 / B777 fleet.

Qantaslink do operate the A320 via Network.

 

[justinbrett]

@justinbrett do you know how 674 was accomplished? I can't imagine they put all economy seats in, so I guess there was a large number of infants, even small children on laps?

From what I understand it was mostly children - or mothers with children (they were the priority). It was a major emergency so I'm sure someone signed off that getting two six year olds to share a seat was safer than 10,000 extra kids in a city with no power, limited shelter, almost completely destroyed medical facilities and spoiled food and water.

A friend of mine (a bit older than me!) was evacuated as a child to Adelaide, he travelled without his family (met on arrival by relatives). His family came later but they never returned to Darwin.

I used to live in Darwin, the Darwin Museum has an excellent Cyclone Tracey exhibit.

 

[RooFlyer]

I used to live in Darwin, the Darwin Museum has an excellent Cyclone Tracey exhibit.

Me too. And just to keep this on a flying theme, I was there when they still used the old Darwin terminal on the other side of the runway - ex WW2 hanger, still with the bullet holes!

 

[justinbrett]

Me too. And just to keep this on a flying theme, I was there when they still used the old Darwin terminal on the other side of the runway - ex WW2 hanger, still with the bullet holes!

The Officers Mess on the RAAF Base is still standing and has bullet holes too. You can see then to this day (if they let you on base). Very cool.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Me too. And just to keep this on a flying theme, I was there when they still used the old Darwin terminal on the other side of the runway - ex WW2 hanger, still with the bullet holes!

Bullet holes/ air conditioning Darwin style?

same same

 

[milehighclub]

It was a major emergency so I'm sure someone signed off that getting two six year olds to share a seat.

This has always been allowed as long as I have been flying. I can't remember the exact requirement off the top of my head but two children may occupy one seat provided their total weight is under the limit. The maximum passenger load can also be increased by up to 5%, provided that the additional passengers are only infants and/or children.

 

[justinbrett]

QF7474 (QFA7474) Qantas Flight Tracking and History 24-Jul-2020 (KLAX-KMHV) - FlightAware

Track Qantas (QF) #7474 flight from Los Angeles Intl to Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Fld

flightaware.com

QFA7474 landed in the graveyard overnight.

 

[Mrmaxwell]

Nice final news piece by Nine from LAX/Mojave:

 

[Danger]

The Queen of the Skies bids her final farewell - Australian Aviation

Qantas final 747 departed Sydney for Los Angeles on Wednesday, but not before tributes flooded in for the most iconic aircraft in Australian aviation's history.

australianaviation.com.au

 

[Deleted member 26544]

Not normally in the habit of sharing stuff from Facebook but thought others might like this. Hopefully you can view/listen to it without being logged in.

Illawarra Mercury - SYD ATC

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2637496273233342

 

[Hvr]

Hopefully you can view/listen to it without being logged in.

Illawarra Mercury - SYD ATC

You can, and I did.

Thanks.

 

[support]

You can actually insert "media" from a lot of different social media sites to display natively inside a message. I have taken the liberty of editing @RG1's post to add the Facebook video for easier access.

To do this yourself, you need to insert the link to the particular media between BBCode [MEDIA] tags [/MEDIA]

 

[jules.]

Not normally in the habit of sharing stuff from Facebook but thought others might like this. Hopefully you can view/listen to it without being logged in.

Illawarra Mercury - SYD ATC

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2637496273233342

Thank you for sharing this!

 

[Captain Halliday]

Another video with ATC departure audio:

 

[Bazzi]

Another video with ATC departure audio:

Thanks Captain Halliday for posting this - brilliant.

 

[Captain Halliday]

ATC audio from the LAX departure.

 

[jules.]