In early April I went with David and Kat to the airport open day. The trick to avoid the worst of the queues is to pick one plane that you want to see, and go see that as soon as it opens. This year we decided on the Qantas 737 done up in retro livery. Then we did the tarmac tour, and then just wandered around all the planes before having to race home to meet Graham and Pam who had come to stay.
I might have taken nearly eight hundred photos. Oops.
Waiting to get into the cockpit of the 737
737 cockpit
737 cockpit
737 throttle controls
Qantas 737 VH-VXQ
David on the 737
Aircraft on the taxi way (Virgin Australia 737 VH-YIO and Qantas 737 VH-XZO)
Aircraft on the taxi way (Virgin Australia 737 VH-YIO)
Aircraft on the taxi way (Virgin Australia 737 VH-YIO)
Aircraft on the taxi way (Virgin Australia ATR-72 VH-FVP)
Aircraft on the taxi way (Virgin Australia ATR-72 VH-FVP)
Qantas kangaroo
Little blue stunt plane
Qantas jet in a hangar (717-2BL VH-YQW)
Crossing runway 35
Firestation at Fairbairn
Wind sock
Canberra's weather station
RAAF rescue helicopter (VH-VAB)
Air Force 1? :) (A36-001)
Air Force 2? :) (A36-002)
Prime Minister's jet
Canberra air traffic control tower
Canberra air traffic control tower
Eurocopter EC120B VH-VCC
Kangaroo sculptures
Aérospatiale AS 350B2 VH-LVM
Cessna 550 Citation II (VH-FYP)
Agusta A109E (VH-RUA)
The red baron?
Retro Roo II Qantas 737 VH-VXQ
Qantas 737 VH-VXQ
Virgin 737 VH-VUR
RAAF Roulettes
RAAF Roulettes
RAAF Roulettes
RAAF Roulettes
RAAF Roulettes
RAAF Roulettes
RAAF Roulettes
RAAF Roulettes
RAAF Roulettes
American Chamption VH-DAY
Yak 52 (VH-YVK)
1989 Nanchang CJ-6A (VH-NND)
1989 Nanchang CJ-6A (VH-NND)
Connie (VH-EAG)
Connie's engines
Connie leaks a lot of oil so they catch it in drink bottles
Or it just seeps down the sides
Or they use big blue tubs to catch it all
Connie (VH-EAG)
Connie's nose gear
I wouldn't stand there if I were you
Catalina (VH-PBZ)
Old air force C47 Dakota (VH-EAF)
Old air force Caribou engine (VH-VBA)
Alenia C27J Spartan (A34-001)
Red baron (1979 Pitts S-2A Special VH-FFF)
A roulette plane (A23-012)
Me and David next to the Catalina
Butterfly on stilts
David taking photos over the fence
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