Ansett and the Boeing B737
Ah the good 'ole days where security was leaving yr push bike with the man on the gate to go wondering around the light planes, well 'twas so at EN anyway
The first tower at Mascot, incidentally, was a simple wooden affair erected in the late twenties, where Mr Burgess, the ringmaster, would superintend movements with his loud hailer and light. Around 1940 the first proper tower was built where TAA and EWA later had their terminal. That tower building still exists and if you know where to look, you can pick it out all but swallowed up in the QF domestic terminal.
The 1940s tower you speak about was swamped by the development of QF's Domestic terminal over the years, but the view was never built out, unlike so many other buildings in Sydney Town! It had a perfect view of the arrivals on 16R and departures on 34L, and the occasional go around when the traffic jams occur!
Up until the end of 2008, it was being used by the QF POCOs (Port Co-Ordinators) a hardy and fantastic group of guys and girls who constanly monitor the endless disruptions to the QF domestic network and attempt to keep everyone updated on every single movement in the system!! They have since been relocated to the STOCC, a windowless central command bunker buried deep beneath the airport, where everything is monitored by CCTV
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I can't say what the old tower is being used for now, but with that spectacular outlook and a million dollar corporate fitout, it would make a great little office for a some QF executive
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Up until the end of 2008, it was being used by the QF POCOs (Port Co-Ordinators) a hardy and fantastic group of guys and girls who constanly monitor the endless disruptions to the QF domestic network and attempt to keep everyone updated on every single movement in the system!! They have since been relocated to the STOCC, a windowless central command bunker buried deep beneath the airport, where everything is monitored by CCTV
. I can't say what the old tower is being used for now, but with that spectacular outlook and a million dollar corporate fitout, it would make a great little office for a some QF executive
.
CharlieLimaX-Ray. The National Jet Systems B737-300QC was used for both passenger and freight operations, both domestic and international. I remember seeing the aircraft in South East Asia during the mid nineties with a load of passengers who were deported from Australia. The Captain was George Marlow. For those who know Warren Seymour of National Jet fame you may be interested in knowing he has shed kgs and is now a resident in the US.
BTW. I think National Jet had a dispensation to operate the B737-300QC as a freighter with up to 12 movements per week during curfew hours at SYD.
BTW. I think National Jet had a dispensation to operate the B737-300QC as a freighter with up to 12 movements per week during curfew hours at SYD.
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Correction - Puff
For the record... I believe that VH-CZQ, quickly recovered from the Ansett Administrators and leased immediately to Virgin within weeks of the fateful day, was a GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) owned bird not Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS).
Note the 'non-standard 'Ansett' white painted fueselage and Virgin tail livery in the photos.
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Note the 'non-standard 'Ansett' white painted fueselage and Virgin tail livery in the photos.
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Actually 4 737-100's.
Ansett's first 737 was a -277, CZM delivered '81?
According to The Boeing 737 technical Guide, there were 30 B737-100's built with 22 going to Lufthansa, 5 for Malaysian Airlines, and 2 for Avianca. Nothing mentioned about NAC (New Zealand) or Ansett.
3 built for Lufthansa, 1 for SQ.
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3 of the Ansett NZ B737-100's were built for Lufthansa They then went to America West before ending up in NZ in approx. mid 1987 where they stayed for approx. 4 years. A further B737-100 ZK-NED City of Nelson was operated by MSA as 9M-AOV and then America West as N709AW before being put into service on 6 Aug 1987 by Ansett NZ. The a/c was withdrawn from service on 27 Jan 1990 after being replaced by a BAe146-300.
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The Mascot past
Fantome:
Your post no: 46, shows some of the good old days at the airport.
Do you remember the old runway / strip, that made up the three for the complex, 16 and 34, 07 and 25 and 03 ? and not sure if the opposite 21 was in operation. The direction 03 seems to be in my mind although it could be that, plus or minus some?
Tmb
Your post no: 46, shows some of the good old days at the airport.
Do you remember the old runway / strip, that made up the three for the complex, 16 and 34, 07 and 25 and 03 ? and not sure if the opposite 21 was in operation. The direction 03 seems to be in my mind although it could be that, plus or minus some?
Tmb
