Hello Everyone,
On the 4th of December I flew from Sydney to Canberra and back as a day trip. The main reason for this flight is to fly on the E-170 for one last time and to try out the new ATR-72-500.
Introduction
When heard Virgin was going to phase out the E-170 I knew I had to fly it one last time. Once I saw the $89 fares on happy hour I booked the flight. The flight going to Canberra was an ATR-72-500 and coming back was an E-170.
Departure
December 4,2011
Virgin Australia
DJ632
VH-FVL ATR-72-500
Seat 12C
Arrived at Sydney Airport about 45 minutes before boarding so that gave me sometime to take some picutres at the T2.
VH-VOV close up at T2
First time I see Virgin Australia E-190 VH-ZPR
The smallest in the Virgin Australia fleet meets the biggest
Captain of the A330 doing final checks
I finally boarded the ATR-72 VH-FVL at 7:55. The captain then went on the PA and said we are number 3 in line to taxi after the E-190 and A330, he informed us there will now be a 10 to 30 minute delay arriving into canberra
VH-FVL waited at the gate for around 20 or so minutes during that time i took a few photos of the A330 next to VH-FVL
After the 2 aircrafted taxied off VH-FVL taxied out of the gate and we took off at runway 16R a few minutes late
The aircraft then entered into clouds and moderate turbulence started
Due to the turbulence the crew could not serve the drinks but they did serve a nice muesli snack which I enjoyed
after reaching our crusing altitude the captain annouced on the PA that we will be starting our decent in to Canberra
After 20 minutes or so of turning and desending we touched down into Canberra only 5 minutes late
A cabin shot of VH-FVL
A shot of my seat
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A shot of the aircraft from the rear
Decmber 4 2011
Virgin Australia
DJ661
CBR-SYD
VH-ZHF E170 "Little Miss Sunshine"
Taking off and passing costco from USA. VH-ZHF will end up in USA