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1st January 2015, 04:02 PM
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Last Qantas Boeing 767 service
Introduction:
The Boeing 767 is my favourite aircraft type. So with Qantas retiring them I wanted to be on the last flight. When the final flight was announced I figured I wouldn’t be able to do it due to work. But thankfully the final flight was changed from an 8pm departure from MEL to a 5pm departure. Meaning I only had to take the Saturday off and I could catch a flight home to Brisbane that night. My mate Zac was able to secure me a seat on QF452 (which was changed to QF767). I booked the cheapest flight down to MEL which was with VA and the cheapest flight from SYD-BNE that evening which was with JQ. This report will just include the last Qantas 767 flight. Melbourne Airport: My Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane arrived at 1130. I met up with Zac and local spotter Aaron at the arrivals area in T3. We then walked down to T1. Aaron wasn’t on the flight; he just went in to get a couple of photos. So Zac and I then went up to the Qantas Business Class lounge where we met up with many spotters throughout the day who would be travelling on QF767. Here are a few shots I took from the lounge. OGU operating her penultimate Qantas service. She flew MEL-SYD-BNE.  United Boeing 787-9  OGM operating her last Qantas service from MEL-SYD  OGL arriving on her penultimate Qantas service, she would be operating QF767 to Sydney   Media taking photos before the flight  About an hour before departure we left the lounge and waited at the gate. XZP “Retro Roo” operating the Sydney service before us  OGL nearly ready to operate her last service for Qantas  FIDS   Balloons at the gate  December 27, 2014 Qantas QF767 MEL-SYD VH-OGL B763 Seat 38B Boarding  There was a bag on each seat which included a shirt, book and 767 sticker. I also pinched a couple of safety cards.   
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1st January 2015, 04:03 PM
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Wing view, I didn’t get to many wing shots as I didn’t have a window seat.
 Prior to pushback the pilots walked through the cabin filming with gopros. They also had gopros set up in the cockpit. Haven’t seen the footage yet, hopefully Qantas share the videos. Pre-flight safety demo  Pushback  Taxiing out  Water cannon salute prior to departure   En-route  Most people were out of their seats and walking around the cabin. Everyone had to return to their seats so the crew could hand out dinner and drinks. There were two options, some kind of Pasta or Chicken and Rice. I took the chicken and had a glass of champagne.  Quick cabin shot before we started decent  Prior to landing we were lucky enough to do a few loops of the city at 2000ft which was awesome!     FR24 and flightaware screenshots of the flyover  
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Flickr Last edited by Brandon Giacomin; 1st January 2015 at 04:53 PM.
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1st January 2015, 04:04 PM
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After that we looped back around and landed on RWY16R. We received another water cannon salute prior to parking at gate 6.
Business Class seat prior to disembarking  End of an era!   Well after sitting around the gate for a little while chatting, I walked over to T2 for my Jetstar flight home. Conclusion: Definitely the best flight I have been on! Very glad I could be a part of it. It was good to see Qantas give the 767s a fantastic send off. They will definitely be missed by most spotters. MEL departure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9aBj3k8j1k SYD flypast and arrival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SnunYABPRQ
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Flickr Last edited by Brandon Giacomin; 1st January 2015 at 05:28 PM.
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1st January 2015, 09:32 PM
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Didn't include the JQ flight so only 7/10 might read again, good QF767 coverage though (Y)
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