Qantas 744 Arrival at Sydney - Magnificent Aircraft

[Sartanius 399]

Approach at YSSY 34L (flyTampa YSSY scenery)



Getting Service at Gate 61 

[Qavion 19]

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

 

 

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

 

Cheers

John H Watson

[monitron 7]

An Ansett Australia 747 in the background! 

 

Nice.

[ChopperSteve 6]

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.

[Sartanius 399]

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!

[ChopperSteve 6]

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

 

my flight plan route was,

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

 

Departing KPAE on and overcast morning

 

Enroute to PANC near Sitka

 

Finals for PANC

 

Over Kamchatka Russia enroute to Hong Kong

 

Departed Hong Kong for Singapore on a smoggy day.

 

Departing Singapore for Sydney

 

Overhead Bali

 

 

Over Central Australia near Alice Springs

 

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

 

 

Finals YSSY RW34L

 

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

[XCLTM3 112]

Is Qantas intl using Gate 61?

[ChopperSteve 6]

Looking at Airservices AIP Gate 61 is reserved for A388 

[Boomer 1,619]

Gorgeous. .. can a guy use that word?

[Qavion 19]

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

 

Cheers

John H Watson

[Sartanius 399]

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

 

 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...

[okupton 308]

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

 

Orman

[Sartanius 399]

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

 

Orman

 

Thanks, Orman.  It was an amazing career.