MASP
"Just (4pm CST, 22/1/06) tracked-spotted a Boeing 777 (with Boeing call sign; Emirate-like livery) paying a 10 minute visit to Alice Springs, and then flying out to Cairns. Apparently an experimental trip. Who knows what about the exercise?"
I posted the above on the Spectators Balcony forum without definitive response. I'm interested to find more specific info on this forum. The 777 was certainly on its way to CNS ex ASP; perhaps it had come from there. It got caught up with a go-around by the preceding aircraft (QF 725 ex DRW) due to a breaking thunderstorm, and did several orbits over the town. Sorry it wasn't hot enough here: it was >40°C in the shade throughout January (and beyond)!
Last edited by MASP; 10th February 2006 at 04:58.