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020523IMG_0156 30th April

Wingtip Sunrise

Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II
1/800s f/4.0 at 21.9mm iso125 full exif

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Don Mottershead05-May-2024 23:05
Love the kangaroo logo.
Alan K08-May-2023 07:05
Ah, I should have realised from the previous shot that you were already consigned to a QF flight. To be fair, domestic isn't as bad as international, and neither are as bad as their worthless Frequent Flyer program. Although that said, the old 737-400 crate that I was in the last time I flew Sydney to Hobart made a DC-3 seem spacious, comfortable and modern by comparison. They've retired all of those now (the 737-400s, that is, I suspect they still have a few DC-3s around), and you would have been on a 737-800 (737-838(WL) configuration). Specifically, VH-VZI (named the "Ballina"). That's a nice result considering that VZI is over 12 years old, and Qantas isn't known for spending a lot of money on cleaning the windows of its aircraft. Or much else except for CEO wages and bonuses.

At a guess from the flight time from Adelaide, and given that the landing time for that flight on that day was 08:43, this is... hmmm, let me think... quite possibly Lake Avon, which is a bit to the west of my area. (And you didn't even wave as you went past!) You're banking to the right which is quite possible since your landing appears to have been on RW 34R that day, although the radar track shows you doing a sweep across the north of the airport before doing a RH circuit over the ocean prior to landing. Those aren't always reliable, though.

I hate flying as a passenger (especially on Qantas) and no longer have the enthusiasm to spend the time needed to stay in the front left seat (I left that behind long ago), but hey, you can't easily get rid of the aviation geek genes.
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