Queens visit late October

[Brad Myer]

Doesn't QF usually fly the Queen home?

[Rowan McKeever]

What time was that, do you know?

[Kieran Wells]

It was over KL around 7.30ish... Was trying to track another flight and saw it. My guess is it would have left around 11am/midday out of CBR..

[Shayne G]

British Airways 777 G-YMMP operating BAW9102 departed at 9:47am.

[Michael Mak]

I heard it today on Melbourne Centre, after departing Canberra, it tracked direct to Sydney, climbing to FL340 I think.

[Rowan McKeever]

I thought I read somewhere last night that YMMP overflew SIN without refueling... even empty, would a 77E be able to make CBR-LHR non-stop? Or does anyone know if it landed SIN/somewhere?

[Paul Hunter]

It landed Singapore for refuelling.

Regards.

[Duncan W]

Royal flight detail leaked on internet

GEOFFREY THOMAS AVIATION EDITOR, The West Australian
October 24, 2011, 6:08 am

Highly sensitive information relating to the departure of the Queen on Saturday has been posted on a Sydney aviation enthusiasts' website, calling into question the shroud of security over the visits of heads of State.

The Notice to Airmen from Oxford Aviation Group, a global pilot training organisation, revealed details of the aircraft type, departure time, cruising altitude, call sign and routing.

What it revealed is that the Queen's British Airways 777-200ER will set a record, being the first plane to fly from Perth to London non-stop.

The flight, with little payload, will take 18 hours.

CHOGM officials have declined to reveal any details of special plane movements for heads of government and Federal authorities have shut down various air traffic feeds to plane tracking sites to eliminate the ability of the public to monitor flights.

The NOTAM was posted on two websites by "Kirk C", understood to be an airline engineer at Perth Airport.

When questioned on the websites by other concerned enthusiasts who threatened to report him to police, he dismissed the comments and said "go ahead, report me".

A NOTAM is usually filed with an aviation authority to alert pilots of hazards en route or at specific locations. According to a Perth airline executive, NOTAMs are not intended for the public but for pilots and airline operations only.

"This is a serious breach of security and grossly irresponsible," he said.

The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet is investigating the breach.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said "the palace does not comment on details of internal or external flights during a royal visit".

Oxford Aviation Group was not able to respond yesterday.

Tomorrow the Royal Australian Air Force will start exercises for CHOGM with its $600 million Boeing Wedgetail spy-plane and six F/A-18 Hornets

The Wedgetail is the world's most sophisticated surveillance and control plane, and will provide blanket radar coverage for CHOGM.

It can track airborne targets up to 400km away while monitoring ground threats up to 100km away.

[Owen H]

Interesting.

I thought you were taking the mickey until I saw it on the West Australians site...

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/ful...d-on-internet/

[Adam J]

Kirk C might soon be looking for another job.