Qantas 787

[James Smith]

ZNL is due to land in MEL in less than an hour after flying west two-thirds of the way to PER and back to bring the total flight close to the 20 hour mark.

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by James Smith

ZNL is due to land in MEL in less than an hour after flying west two-thirds of the way to PER and back to bring the total flight close to the 20 hour mark.

ZNL landed at Melbourne at 08:45 this morning with a flight time of 19:59

[Peter C]

Interesting to see the change in airspeed after ZNL turned around over the Bight https://flightaware.com/live/flight/QFA6040

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Peter C

Interesting to see the change in airspeed after ZNL turned around over the Bight https://flightaware.com/live/flight/QFA6040

That’s not air speed, it’s ground speed.

[Brad Myer]

Any ideas when the last 2 will be delivered?

[Peter C]

Originally Posted by Brad Myer

Any ideas when the last 2 will be delivered?

Based on time between ZNL going into repaint & delivery (7 weeks) and ZNM going into repaint over this weekend, latest ZNM would be due is late June. However with ZNL there were two C flights, and possibly extra time to prepare for the Sunrise test flight, so could be a lot earlier. Pre Covid, delivery was on average 5 days after the last C flight.

AFAIK there has been no news of ZNN since going into the factory for JV work in Nov 2022.

[Peter C]

Originally Posted by Peter C

AFAIK there has been no news of ZNN since going into the factory for JV work in Nov 2022.

So Paine Field Blog later on 2nd came up with...
"NoE rework has been completed on ZB282 Qantas 787-9 VH-ZNN, it was moved out of the 45-12 yesterday to stall 101 for EME in-tank inspections. Goes to the 45-01 May 30 for a repaint."

On that basis, early July seems a likely delivery estimate. Timing on ZNM will give a better idea, although time in paint shop may be slightly longer that ZNL & ZNM.

[Michael Mak]

ZNC is on its way back after repainting in PUS, currently flying as QF6020 PUS-SYD, ETA 2059. She was in PUS for 12 days.

[Greg Hyde]

Any word when ZNL will enter service ?

[Dennis McLean]

ZNL due out on first revenue flight as QF9 MEL/PER at 16.30 today, 13/5, 1hr 25m late.