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Post by Barnsey on Mar 17, 2008 15:32:35 GMT 12
 Mount Cook and the Southern Alps from above  Low level over Cook Straight after delivering an A4 to Woodbourne for storage  Undies does the last flyby at Ohakea |
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 17, 2008 15:37:01 GMT 12
Nice selection there, Barnsey.
I gather that first shot was taken nowhere near Nowra? ;D
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Post by vgp on Mar 17, 2008 15:40:20 GMT 12
Good stuff very cool.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 17, 2008 16:05:57 GMT 12
Very cool shots Barnsey.
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Post by Barnsey on Mar 17, 2008 16:12:06 GMT 12
  NZ6205 in the AMS hangar at Ohakea, while it was being used as the demonstration aircraft  Refuelling at Hasanuddin as part of a goodwill visit and overnight stop.  Can you see what's in the background?  TNI-AU SU-30 taxiing out behind 77 SQN RAAF Hornets.  |
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Post by stu on Mar 17, 2008 16:28:10 GMT 12
Can you see what's in the background? A tree? ;D Awsome photos. |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 17, 2008 17:41:43 GMT 12
Great photos Barnsey, love that low level Cook Strait shot  |
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Post by Barnsey on Mar 17, 2008 19:08:47 GMT 12
 A pair of 2OCU Hornets after an intercept sortie. I suppose I should've been up the front...!   Target towing in Darwin.  Visitor to Darwin. Nearly had my phone confiscated...  Ex 75 Sqn Ops Flight Commander "Fraze"  Another day dodging the thunder clouds in Darwin. |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 17, 2008 19:13:03 GMT 12
Looks wet. It would take a fair bit of hail to damage a Westwind I presume?
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Post by Barnsey on Mar 17, 2008 19:36:21 GMT 12
 It's always blue on top, but stay away from those CBs  Not exactly state of the art! Westwind cockpit.  Perks of the job. The family came over to Perth for a week, looked quite funny to look back and see the kids in their car seats on the rear seats.   Woomera rocket park in the middle of town. |
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Post by stu on Mar 17, 2008 20:49:52 GMT 12
Love them - keep 'em coming |
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Post by Barnsey on Mar 18, 2008 12:07:41 GMT 12
 744 cockpit  Cathay's first BCF  On the freight ramp at Narita  A whole lot of rubber dog poo!  Mt Fjui  A "nice" day in Hong Kong! The pollution is sometimes appalling here, thanks to lots of factories and power plants over the border. |
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Post by skyhawkdon on Mar 18, 2008 14:14:30 GMT 12
Really interesting shots Barnsey. Keep em com'in!
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Post by vgp on Mar 18, 2008 19:03:40 GMT 12
good stuff
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 18, 2008 21:42:02 GMT 12
Brilliant photos, very interesting indeed. Cheers Barnsey. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 19, 2008 10:52:29 GMT 12
Superb stuff, it's really good to see a few different types of subjects. The rocket park at Woomera is especially interesting, my late friend Pat Monk who designed the Airtrainer worked previously at Woomera, he may have worked on some of them in the photo.
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Post by Barnsey on Mar 19, 2008 19:18:02 GMT 12
  These photos were taken at the same time. We're at 33,500 feet and the hills look like they're almost level. Cathay flies a route to and from Europe via western China (Urumqi) into Kazakhstan called Y1 and the mountains are very tall. I don't think many other airlines are game to take it on, as the special procedures in case of depressurisation or engine failure are very complex. You may be able to see on the Nav display that there's a left turn coming shortly - that's to keep us away from the rocks!! |
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Post by vs on Mar 19, 2008 20:51:21 GMT 12
Flying over China is very interesting. Takes a few times to get saying your flight level in metres right I found!
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Post by Barnsey on Mar 19, 2008 22:17:33 GMT 12
 A pretty poor video off the camera of the Indonesian Su-30 and RAAF F-18s doing a flypast. As the hornets were joining on the Sukhoi, the lads all had the HUD tapes running and in Air-to-Air guns with the pipper on and the hammer down, getting some greatest hits footage. Never mind that he was in a 30 degree AOB turn waiting for them to formate on him! |
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Post by haughtney1 on Mar 19, 2008 22:42:56 GMT 12
Barnsey, great shots, any idea how much longer CX are going to keep the -400 in pax service? I also see the EICAS advisory that you have 1 pack off...fuel saving? or company SOP?
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