Royal Visit

[Steve Bottom]

The RAAF B737BBJ A36-001 departed townsville on its way to PNG to pick up its royal visitors then off to Longreach around 2.00pm arrival ...

[Andrew P]

but Charlie + Camellia arrived in PNG on the RAAF B737BBJ, maybe it picked them up in Singapore

seems Camellia was in India for a week before coming to Ausssie

[Kent Broadhead]

Camilla?

[Greg McDonald]

Yeah...pretty flower she ain't...

[Mike W]

As long as Chuck's happy. I reckon it'd be a tough call re Camilla and Julia (Yuck!)

[Jeff N]

How many RAAF 737s are there?

I thought there was only one, and therefore have been puzzling over how Queen Julia could be travelling on it to Asia, whilst Chuck and Cam were travelling around PNG and Australia on it simultaneously.

[Dave Parer]

Originally Posted by Jeff N

How many RAAF 737s are there?

I thought there was only one, and therefore have been puzzling over how Queen Julia could be travelling on it to Asia, whilst Chuck and Cam were travelling around PNG and Australia on it simultaneously.

A36-001 flew into Townsville on Sunday evening and stayed the night. It then departed Monday morning to PNG then flew from PNG to Longreach then onto Melbourne.

[Rowan McKeever]

There're 2 Jeff, A36-001 and A36-002. The Royals will have -001 and JG will have -002

[Mike W]

Does the RAF have any VIP or similar Aircraft? I remember the last time the Queen was here she traveled commercial

[Peter Agatsiotis]

Don't know if they are still active but the Queen's flight had 2 Bae146'S ZE700 and ZE701.

The RAF just bought 2 secondhand ones as replacements from memory

One of the original ones, ZE700 was here in 1986 for the RAN 75th Anniversary.

The RAF does not have long range VIP a/c so they usually use BA 777's.