Qantas A 380 over Sydney
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What does your version of CAR 157 say? Mine says 1000ft.
Having a few acres of wing flying over at any low Alt is spectacular I reckon!
I am of the opinion it's 1000ft as per the Regs over the built up area's but used to recall I think 1500ft many years ago or a height which allowed you to glide clear of said built up area.
Most people would still see the red rat & be proud but if they only knew!
Either way that's a big shadow it would create!
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Okay 'bully' white rat, happy now?
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I am of the opinion it's 1000ft as per the Regs over the built up area's but used to recall I think 1500ft many years ago or a height which allowed you to glide clear of said built up area.
Most people would still see the red rat & be proud but if they only knew!
Either way that's a big shadow it would create!
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Okay 'bully' white rat, happy now?
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Last edited by Wally Mk2; 27th Jan 2014 at 01:28.
Unless my googling ability has regressed horribly, there are surprisingly few photos out there - Polair's above and a few distant ones on the SMH Australia Day gallery. A shame, I always find the big iron, low and slow, particularly impressive.
Edit: Couple of youtube videos starting to appear, incl quite a nice timelapse from on board.
Edit: Couple of youtube videos starting to appear, incl quite a nice timelapse from on board.
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It was pretty impressive even at 2,100 at -33.7822 151.2986. Would love to have been on the harbour and had it go overhead at 1,100 or thereabouts. I imagine the view on North Head would have been something else.
At the risk of starting a serious interpretation of the regs, don't forget 157(3)! For you rigid wing drivers it is the highest point of the terrain, and any object on it, within a radius of 600 metres from a point on the terrain vertically below the aircraft. So 1,000ft on QNH is unlikely to cut the mustard over most Australian cities........
But it would have been a great sight to see, and I (for one) would have no issue if it entered helicopter territory and dropped to 700ft over the south tower of the coat hangar
But it would have been a great sight to see, and I (for one) would have no issue if it entered helicopter territory and dropped to 700ft over the south tower of the coat hangar
I don't think it was ever claimed to be an event!
Different internet sites use different altitude sources.
Flight Aware and Flight Radar shows the overflight of the harbour at 1200'.
Air Services webtrak shows it at 1700'.
Qantas media have just released a youtube video of the flypast. The altitude in relation to Centrepoint Tower gives a good perspective!
A pity the video didn't include the orbit!
Different internet sites use different altitude sources.
Flight Aware and Flight Radar shows the overflight of the harbour at 1200'.
Air Services webtrak shows it at 1700'.
Qantas media have just released a youtube video of the flypast. The altitude in relation to Centrepoint Tower gives a good perspective!
A pity the video didn't include the orbit!
The altitude in relation to Centrepoint Tower gives a good perspective!
Do you Sydneysiders think you could put some decent sunny weather next time?
I sincerely hope that lot weren't endangering the lives of all and sundry by HAND FLYING that behemoth!!
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" Do you Sydneysiders think you could put some decent
sunny weather next time?"
That's wishful thinking
Try Melbourne if you want decent weather on Australia Day !
sunny weather next time?"
That's wishful thinking
Try Melbourne if you want decent weather on Australia Day !
I do hope the aircraft was above LSALT while in and out of cloud between 24 and 38 secs in the video
Webtrak for the 26th, starts at 1245 coming round North Head. Top stuff.
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This thread gentlemen, particularly (I haven't detected any sarcasm either subtle or implied) the continued inference that QF deliberately flouted the regs represents to me all that is wrong with aviating presently in Oz.
Have you read what you have posted? how it sounds? what it implies? some of you lot give the impression of being the Spanish Inquisition hiding in shadows....ready to pounce when it's proven they were 100' feet to low..
Do you also start conversations with the phrase "I think you'll find.."
Have you read what you have posted? how it sounds? what it implies? some of you lot give the impression of being the Spanish Inquisition hiding in shadows....ready to pounce when it's proven they were 100' feet to low..
Do you also start conversations with the phrase "I think you'll find.."
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I do hope the aircraft was above LSALT while in and out of cloud between 24 and 38 secs in the video
the REAL issue with this video, is did QF use an approved mount for the camera?
