I went to the website and no picture. I’m assuming it’s that 777 that was posted a few days ago taken in VCV.

You can take shots from the observation deck with that kind of zoom. Those take off pics that Peter has posted is adjacent to one of the main runways, you can probably get away with it with the bigger jets. I have a 100-300 but really can’t remember how much of the macro I was using. There’s another spot where you see most of the narrowbodies taxiing over a bridge where you don’t need that much power. I would contact Peter and see what he is up to, even though he has a job now. He took me to all the spots. If you do wind up doing that, be prepared to do a lot of walking.

Brisbane is further North than Sydney, so in theory it is closer. However, is it further West? If it is, then they could be the same distance or Brisbane might even be further. Take Sydney’s proximity to Los Angeles and San Francisco, for instance. L.A. is further South than S.F. so one would think L.A. is closer to Sydney. That is not the case, however. S.F. is further west and therefore is about 70 miles closer to Sydney than is L.A. United lists the mileage between SYD and LAX as 7487 miles. SYD and SFO is 7417.

That picture is really old-school. Some of my cousins flew SAS back in 1988, I believe, LAX-CPH-ATH. They still had 747’s at that time. Any idea why: 1) They dumped the 747’s; 2) stopped serving LAX; and 3) stopped serving ATH for a while (I believe they have started again, unless they are still code-sharing with Maersk).

Isn’t that Saudi SP a VIP aircraft?

Now seeing 5 QF 744’s on the ground at LAX at any given time will be common practice. Interesting why they will opt for a 2-class cabin. I’m guessing the other 4 QF non-stops are in a typical 3-class arrangement.

Re: Flight Report :: SQ 407/217

Originally posted by KabirT
The security measures at the Mel airport are really high as we had to get our luggage screened once more after clearing immigration.

It’s overkill in some cases, Kabir. It happens to me almost every time I go down there. On 2 occassions I’ve had cases where the officer was very rude to me. I’m sure people can say the same about immigration officers in the U.S., I don’t know. At any rate, customs/immigration is very very strict in Australia. Maybe that’s a good thing.