David Parer

Pictures from Townsville (YBTL) Australia

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Photos I took from airport early this morning.  Please enjoy......

 

 

 

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Hi - thanks for the great comments and making me feel welcome to your forum.

 

I will keep posting pictures from Oz for your pleasure.

 

On January 18th I fly down to Brisbane for business meeting, so I will take photos from Brisbane Airport and start a Brisbane (YBBN) thread and post photos.

 

Cheers,

Dave.

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Hi David! Great pictures from the other side of the globe! What has happened to ZK-TLA? Birdstrike?  :o

 

:)

 

Hi Heikki,

 

Do not know what happened to ZK-TLA.  This is New Zealand registered plane and does not normally visit Townsville, so I was very surprised when it landed :thmbup:

 

The usual freighters that visit Townsville are the Australian Air Express 737's.  Australian Air Express is 50% owned by Australia Post and 50% owned by Qantas.

 

AAE have four 737's in service, so maybe one is in for maintenance so ZK-TLA is operating in Australia for short while to cover .  Here is picture of Australian Air Express 737.

 

 

 

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G'day mate! I love pics from Down Under  :thmbup: I've been there once and that was enough for decision to move to Oz in future, so I think we'll meet some day there (I have planned to move to Brizzie) ;) U had also great pictures from trip to Finland  :) Ace!

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Please enjoy some more photos. Stopped at airport for very short while to take some quick photos. Temperature was +33 degrees when I took these photos this morning, so much heat coming off runways and taxiways.

 

Virgin Australia Embraer E190 (VH-ZPJ) arrives from Brisbane......

 

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Qantas Airways Boeing 737-800 (VH-VXK) arrives from Brisbane......

 

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Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 (VH-VUU) arrives from Sydney......

 

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12th January pictures.  Highlight was arrival of A340 CS-TQM for military deployment of Australian Defence Troops.  CS-TQM operated Al Minhad (Dubai) - Darwin - Townsville - Sydney.

 

 

 

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Hi Jaakko,

The A340 is charted by the Australian Defence Force.  Townsville and Darwin are two very big military cities here in Australia.  Townsville has population of about 180,000, and Darwin has population of about 140,000.

Most of the military defence troops that Australia has deployed in places like Iraq and Afghanistan are from Townsville and Darwin military bases.  There is also another military base near Sydney.

The A340 operates a rotation of Sydney - Darwin - Al Minhad Military base Dubai - Darwin - Townsville - Sydney.  Darwin twice as it is also used for refuelling.  Australian defence troops are either dropped off or picked up on these flights through Townsville and Darwin.

We do not see many wide bodies here in Townsville apart from many C17's.  So it is always welcome sight to see A340 in town.  CS-TQM was actually back in Townsville again today, but it departed to Brisbane instead of Sydney today.

I hope to get better quality pictures of CS-TQM.  It is so hot here as we are in middle of summer so the heat haze makes it hard to get good quality photos.

Dave.  

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Photos I took from Townsville Airport before I departed on business trip this week.  Business trip was to be in Brisbane, but ended up being in Melbourne, but my Qantas flight to Melbourne was via Brisbane.

 

It was my lucky day.  I flew on Qantas 737-800 VH-VZD which is painted in special advertising of Optus Phone Company which has joined Qantas Frequent Flyer program.

 

 

 

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Photos from today.  A340 came through operating military movement Dubai-Darwin-Townsville-Brisbane.  Also a C17 military movement today.

 

 

 

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:thmbup:

 

Photos from down under are always very welcome!

Thanks for sharing these pictures :)

 

Those clouds on background makes it very good!

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Photos I took late yesterday afternoon - 27/01/12.  Highlight was arrival of USAF C17 :thmbup:

 

 

USAF C17A 06-6159 Diego Garcia Air Base to Townsville

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Rex Airlines Saab 340 VH-ZLJ.  Mount Isa to Townsville

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Qantas 737-800 VH-VZE.  Brisbane to Townsville

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Virgin Australia E190 VH-ZPM.  Cairns to Townsville

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Qantas Dash-8 VH-TQK.  Cairns to Townsville

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Alliance Airlines F100 VH-XWN.  Century Mine to Townsville

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Rex Airlines Saab 340 VH-ZRL.  Mount Isa to Townsville

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Pictures from last few days at Townsville.  Two arrivals of the white A340 from Dubai and new airline called Airnorth started services to Townsville on Friday.

 

 

 

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Photos from airport terminal last week before my business flight to Mount Isa.

 

 

 

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Pictures from last few days includes Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus A330.

 

 

 

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Photos from weekend just gone.  Some good military movements over weekend -

 

 

 

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Nice pics! What purpose is that DC-3 used for :o

 

Hi Jaakko,

This DC3 is registered in South Africa and is for the mining industry.  It conducts electromagnetic mineral exploration.

It was great to see this machine and be able to get pictures of it.

Thanks,

Dave.

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