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Old 25th October 2008, 10:40 AM
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for all the pomp and circumstance that SQ has there is one thing they don't have, a superstar ambassador.
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Old 25th October 2008, 01:31 PM
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Did the Patrol break down here or just the view was pretty good?


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Apart from the view being pretty good, the guys in the Patrol wanted more to see how the works on Alpha-3 would hold up against a heavy QF A380 using more thrust than the SQ A380. I'm pleased to say there was no issue!

As for me, I was in the Prado in grass near the runways intersection. You probably wouldn't have seen me from the Tower Beach area.

It was interesting to see that the Qantas bird actually had to 'rotate' to get off the ground, yet the Singapore ones always look effortless and seem to just float up once the nose gear starts lifting.
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Old 25th October 2008, 02:14 PM
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It was interesting to see that the Qantas bird actually had to 'rotate' to get off the ground, yet the Singapore ones always look effortless and seem to just float up once the nose gear starts lifting.
I guess being fueled for a 13/14 hr flight is a bit different than the "short" hop to SIN... perhaps, or there may be some other reason!!
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Old 26th October 2008, 09:44 PM
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Arrived back in Sydney from LA this morning ....

VH-OQA QF0012 26/10/2008 06:54 Qantas A380-842 Los Angeles-Sydney

Later in the morning it was sitting in Harger 96, probably going back down to Melbourne in the morning for the Monday Melbourne - LA service.

The Singapore and Qantas A380s are very light on with ACARS information. This was all the was received from this mornings arrival.

ACARS mode: 2 Aircraft reg: .VH-OQA
Message label: Q0 Block id: 2 Msg. no: S27A
Flight id: QF0012
-------------------------------------[26/10/2008 06:54]
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Old 26th October 2008, 11:08 PM
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Arrow Speaking of hangar 96 ...

A W Edwards have a few nice shots of their upgrade work on Hangar 96:
http://www.awedwards.com.au/projects...?filter=recent
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Old 27th October 2008, 09:02 AM
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Sure somebody will correct me if I'm wrong but didn't H96 suffer the unthinkable when it was being built and there was a collapse of the structure due to either the quality of the steel or method of rigging.
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Old 27th October 2008, 06:09 PM
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Today's QF93 Melbourne - Los Angeles flight.....

VH-OQA QF0093 27/10/2008 12:19 Qantas A380-842 Melbourne-Los Angeles
-> Tracked via
ALLOC (S33 54.60 E152 42.22)
ABARB (S32 51.10 E154 56.08)
3000S 16000E 2740S 16300E 2600S 16500E 2300S 17000E
1900S 17500E 1400S 18000E 0700S 17500W 0500S 17319W
0100S 17000W 0500N 16500W 1100N 16000W 1500N 15500W
1800N 15000W 2100N 14500W 2400N 14000W 2600N 13500W
2800N 13000W 3000N 12500W
FICKY (N31 33.45 W121 23.50)
ROSIN (N31 56.52 W120 16.10)

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Old 28th October 2008, 07:25 PM
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An interesting variation in flight routes for the two A380 MEL to LAX services so far. The first tracking just north of the north island of New Zealand and yesterday's via Sydney. Obviously chasing the most favourable winds.
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Old 2nd November 2008, 10:18 AM
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Does anyone have any news where the 4th one will be deployed?

Will it move onto LAX or LHR?

I know QF31/32 starts with the 3rd one, so interested to know where the 4th will go.
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