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Qantas 744 Arrival at Sydney - Magnificent Aircraft

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Approach at YSSY 34L (flyTampa YSSY scenery)

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Getting Service at Gate 61 

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Doug Miannay

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Strange... I was working next door and never noticed your arrival...

 

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Fabulous screenshots... Thanks!.. Made my day. :wub:

 

Cheers

John H Watson

An Ansett Australia 747 in the background! 

 

Nice.

Brett Williamson

 

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Hi Doug,

 

Im doing a delivery flight to YSSY in my new Queen VH-OEI Qantas 744. Started at KPAE and flew upto PANC then an overnight there and no en-route from PANC to VHHH Just passing Nagasaki :).

 

From VHHH i intend to do a short hop to WSSS then onto YSSY. Having a great time so far the aircraft is amazing and lives upto the PMDG standard in spades.  Ill post some pics at some point.

Steve F
Offshore Helicopter Pilot ME-IFR AW139  / Sikorsky S92

SpecsWin 106th Gen Intel Core 6700 liquid cooledIntel 100 chipset4 processor 8 way multi16GB DDR4512 GB Intel pro SSD2TB 7200 rpmSata 3 HD
Nvidia GTX 1060

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Steve - I couldn't agree more.  What amazes me is that the new Queen makes me feel like I'm flying the real thing... the sounds, handling, and overall environmentals.  The whine of those RB211s spooling up on the take-off roll was thrilling.  As a landlubber with clipped wings, this is the closest I'll get.

 

Trips to YSSY are nostaligic for me.  I retired about 6 months ago from Lockheed Martin after 35 years.  I had the pleasure of more than a dozen trips to Sydney over those years and many of those trips were on a Qantas 744.  Reliving that experience in Prepar3D with the Queen is a real joy.

 

Post some pics when your delivery is done.


Strange... I was working next door and never noticed your arrival...

 

 

Fabulous screenshots... Thanks!.. Made my day. :wub:

 

Cheers

John H Watson

 

What a hoot... thanks, John.  Come to mention it, I didn't see you either.  Glad you liked the pics!


Doug Miannay

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Hi Doug,

Wow thats impressive 35 yrs at LM! i bet you have some great memories and stories to tell.

Here are some pics of my delivery flight of Qantas 744 to YSSY. I decided to do a multi sector delivery flight and stopover on a showcase tour to some major hubs :dance:

 

my flight plan route was,

  1. KPAE-PANC
  2. PANC-VHHH
  3. VHHH-WSSS
  4. WSSS-YSSY

 

Departing KPAE on and overcast morning

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Enroute to PANC near Sitka

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Finals for PANC

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Over Kamchatka Russia enroute to Hong Kong

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Departed Hong Kong for Singapore on a smoggy day.

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Departing Singapore for Sydney

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Overhead Bali

 

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Over Central Australia near Alice Springs

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Descending overhead the Blue Mountains west of Sydney on the STAR for RW34L

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Finals YSSY RW34L

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Vacating the RW for the gate, they even had fireworks over Sydney how ironic!

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Steve F
Offshore Helicopter Pilot ME-IFR AW139  / Sikorsky S92

SpecsWin 106th Gen Intel Core 6700 liquid cooledIntel 100 chipset4 processor 8 way multi16GB DDR4512 GB Intel pro SSD2TB 7200 rpmSata 3 HD
Nvidia GTX 1060

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Is Qantas intl using Gate 61?

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"Tertia Optio, Latebra Factum"

Steve Summers

Looking at Airservices AIP Gate 61 is reserved for A388 

Steve F
Offshore Helicopter Pilot ME-IFR AW139  / Sikorsky S92

SpecsWin 106th Gen Intel Core 6700 liquid cooledIntel 100 chipset4 processor 8 way multi16GB DDR4512 GB Intel pro SSD2TB 7200 rpmSata 3 HD
Nvidia GTX 1060

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Is Qantas intl using Gate 61?

 

 

Occasionally, I've seen QF use "pier C" (not sure about gate 61, though). They can't always get what they want.

 

Having said that, Pier B looks completely empty :Tounge:

 

Cheers

John H Watson

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Hi Doug,

Wow thats impressive 35 yrs at LM! i bet you have some great memories and stories to tell.

Here are some pics of my delivery flight of Qantas 744 to YSSY. I decided to do a multi sector delivery flight and stopover on a showcase tour to some major hubs :dance:

 

 Thanks, Steve. Those shots of the Queen are spectacular! I've always loved YSSY and flyTampa has done it justice. See you in the skies...


Doug Miannay

PC: i9-13900K (OC 6.1) | ASUS Maximus Z790 Hero | ASUS Strix RTX4080 (OC) | ASUS ROG Strix LC II 360 AIO | 32GB G.Skill DDR5 TridentZ RGB 6400Hz | Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 (OS/Apps) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Sim) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Games) | Fractal Design Define R7 Blackout Case | Win11 Pro x64

great pics all around. Congrats on your retirement from LM Doug.

 

Orman

Orman

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great pics all around. Congrats on your retirement from LM Doug.

 

Orman

 

Thanks, Orman.  It was an amazing career.


Doug Miannay

PC: i9-13900K (OC 6.1) | ASUS Maximus Z790 Hero | ASUS Strix RTX4080 (OC) | ASUS ROG Strix LC II 360 AIO | 32GB G.Skill DDR5 TridentZ RGB 6400Hz | Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 (OS/Apps) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Sim) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Games) | Fractal Design Define R7 Blackout Case | Win11 Pro x64

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