YBBN-NZCH photos

[Jimmy]

Hello

Well Iv lost count of how many weeks ago we got hoem from brisbane but now i'v fiunaly got around to getting these pics on my pc and uploaded em.

I didn't get any photos of our flight over there cos my brother wanted the window seat I could have got some nice photos if I was sitting by the window as it was a lovely sunset up at FL350 But it was dark when we arived anyways

so heres photos I took on our trip home, yus I got the window seat lol my Mum had a sore ear or something so we got moved to the front of economy


Japan 744, my first picture for the day.


And did I look funny shuffling along the terminal window untill I got online with the center of this aircraft! Its not quite on the line with the center thow cos there was a post in my way.





the same 773 on a front on angle, don't wroy I didnt look as funny getting this one cos there wasnt 50ppl sitting looking at me lol


I decided to take a a photo of the brisy buildings and didnt even notice untill today that there was a what looks like a 727 taking off I think, well I didnt even realise there was a runway there (o dear)


I think this is the first time i'v seen a real A330!!!!!!!!!!!!!


A better quality look down towards brisbane CBD and the pointy bit of the a330, I quite like this one.


hey its our ride home.


Fooooood, I expected to have nice food on anz, I got a wee surpise


aint she prety


now theres an interseting angle, I think its a 772 this one.


ya don't see that one round home


I wounder what country were in.....


A bit more verity of tails, or if you prefer: vertical stabilizers


Look its my favorite aircraft!

At this point when we taxied on to a taxi way my mum thort was a rwy (HAHA) she got all grumpy and made me turn the camera off cos aparently if I have it on the left wing will fall off I couldn't be botherd haveing a normal half hour debate in a small aircraft cabin so just turned the camera off lol


once the seatbelts sign turned off mum didn't mind me useing the camera (so suddenly when that light turns of the winng wont fall of ,splended) so I got this last picture of aussie. (I neednt say were it is, it just loks warm!)


west coast, I can almost smell the coldness, oh no thats that fan above me


welcome to NZCH, I don't know if you can quite see it in this shot but there was a origen pacific aircraft parked up over there...


home again, oh what a surprise, you can't see any blue sky and its...windy

I didnt get any photos on app cos the seatbelt sign was one and of course mum wouldnt let me! As if its really gana harm anything during a visual aproach lol

So thats my holiday trip home from many weeks ago lol Hope you enjoyed em
If theres any spelling mistakes in here just ignore em and try and figure out what it says lol Its taken me a very long time to write all this and I can;t be botherd going right threw it now!


James

[Alex]

Very nice pics, I like the one looking down the line of tails at YBBN, and the wingview over that atoll, it does look very warm.

Alex

[Zöltuger]

At this point when we taxied on to a taxi way my mum thort was a rwy (HAHA) she got all grumpy and made me turn the camera off cos aparently if I have it on the left wing will fall off

yeah that Brisbane taxiway goes for miles.
sounds to me like you saved the lives of every passenger on board by keeping the camera off, nice job! (and some nice pics there too)
i was a bit scared of taking footage at Brisbane airport, there are signs everywhere telling you not to...

[ZK-Brock]

Hey Jimmy. This photo of yours:


reminds me very much of a screenshot I posted on NZFF last month:


Nice shots BTW.

[ardypilot]

Thanks for sharing your shots Jimmy, I have learnt quite a lot from them:

1) I never knew QF has A330's, or any airbus' in their fleet for that matter. What route do they fly them on?

2) I didn't knoew EK flew to Chirstchurch- what other international carriers do you get down there? (sorry for being a Jaffa)

3) JAL have changed thier logo to JAA, what's with that?

You had a great variety of photos which I enjoyed looking at- thanks

P.S. What is that airline with the green stripe on the tail?

[Zöltuger]

I never knew QF has A330's, or any airbus' in their fleet for that matter. What route do they fly them on?

yeah, they're relitively new, about 3 years old. i assume they fly them to asia? they have A300's too, and remember that they're getting A380's... (eventually. 2008 the first one is now scheduled to arrive.)

[Alex]

I seem to think Qantas have A340's as well, although you might be able to pin it down to my delusional state of mind....

Singapore fly to NZCH, and also a few others. Aerolinas Argentinas rings a bell in their A340's, but that might be Qantas and/or Auckland.

Alex

[Ian Warren]

Great pics James ... makes me want to fly

yeah that Brisbane taxiway goes for miles.

YEAH! one stage thought i was going to be driven home then veiw'd rwy sign , this way to NZ

[kismet]

P.S. What is that airline with the green stripe on the tail?

Thats Air Niuguini...i think they hired that plane from ANZ.

yeah, they're relitively new, about 3 years old. i assume they fly them to asia? they have A300's too

QANTAS' A330-200's are used on domestic runs while the A330-300's go up to asian cities-mainly Singapore and HK. As for the A300, they were taken out of service 2 or 3 years ago.

I seem to think Qantas have A340's as well,although you might be able to pin it down to my delusional state of mind

Sorry dude your a bit dilusional lol ..nah they never ordered any at all.

Hmmm I think I know a little too much about QANTAS lol

[AlisterC]

Great pics. I always enjoy seeing real life pics, thanks for taking the time to upload them James.
Did you actually get food from Air NZ on the flight?

[flynz]

Nice pics there Jimmy
That sure is a lot of stuff connected up to that JAL 747

[Jimmy]

no problem, i maneged to find a program the resizes a whole heap of pics at once so it was a breze

2) I didn't knoew EK flew to Chirstchurch- what other international carriers do you get down there? (sorry for being a Jaffa)

yup! ek412 I beleve is the one that flys in about 11am then leaves at around2pm. Yeah and the singapore 772 is around at the same time, I think thats all we get, just then and qfa, ow and c17s

yeah that Brisbane taxiway goes for miles.

We had relatively short taxi, about the same lenthgh out to o2 at nzch, we went to the threshhold of rwy01 so it wasnt too bad (or maby staring out the window at all those planes made it seem quicker ) YSSY when my aunty came here a few days ago from sydney she said she thort they were driveing to new zealand lol

Did you actually get food from Air NZ on the flight?

well they call it a"meal" I personaly would put it more in the smal snack catergory Just a little potato cake (soggy) and a muffin, not quite what I planned for when I skiped breakfast that morning hehe

[bigdogshark62]

3) JAL have changed thier logo to JAA, what's with that?

JAA (Japan Asia Airlines) is a subsidiary of JAL. Kinda like Freedom and Air NZ. Same company, same logo, different name.

When I lived out there, I got to see that Air Niugini 767 transition from Air NZ colors to Air Niugini colors. It was cool.

Your QF Airbus question has already been answered, but from what I understand, Qantas was looking at either the A340 or the 747-8. With the A380 delayed, a lot of airlines are looking to Boeing for aircraft. I also hear that Qantas pilots are not at all happy with the performance of the A330-200 (the -300s are okay, though).

Aerolineas Argentinas fly to NZAA (as does LAN, formerly LAN Chile). AFAIK, Emirates, Singapore, Pacific Blue (Virgin), and Jetstar are the international players. There may be more I'm missing.

And that runway with the 727 in that city picture is closed, I think. It's now a taxiway/aircraft parking lot on the way to the Cargo ramp.

[ZK-Brock]

Its disappointing your food was bung on ANZ, qantas food is really classy. Trans-tasman they served us a choice of Creamy chicken or Spagetti and meatballs. The meatballs are so good!

[rAj]

Jimmy,
Nice Shots from your Trip..
Nice catch of JAA and SQ Star Alliance..