Information wanted about Sydney Airport in Australia
In June and July 1984 I was 18 nights in Australia to see and photograph the far-south stars (astronomy) that are too far south for me to see them in England. I was 2 nights in the Sydney Airport Hilton Hotel, and between those 2 nights I was 16 nights in a motel in Coonabarabran.
Today I searched in Google Earth to try to find again the places that I went to. I cannot find the Sydney Airport Hilton Hotel. Has it been renamed? (I found the main Sydney Hilton Hotel in the city.) How much has Sydney Airport been changed since I was there in 1984? When I was there, it had a terminal called East and West. |
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it had a terminal called East and West https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East-W...es_(Australia) The domestic terminal was on the east side of the north/south runway and international on the west side. Perhaps they were known as east/west terminals by some (taxi drivers?), unable to shed light if that may have been the case. |
The old East West Terminal was at the western end of the car park in the domestic part. It was next door to the old briefing office.
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In 1984 there was another terminal, called Ansett.
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Originally Posted by Anthony Appleyard
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In 1984 there was another terminal, called Ansett.
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You might also have found Australian Airlines, Airlines of NSW, Compass, and a parking spot outside the briefing office, to put in your full-reporting flight plan.
You could also buy a membership to the Qantas Club, rock up any time (no need to have a boarding pass) and drink free booze and eat free food. |
You might also have found Australian Airlines, Airlines of NSW, Compass, ....and Compass only started in 1990, so no, not that one either. |
You can still buy Qantas Club membership.... at $400/yr you’d however have to make yourself sick on the crappy Seppelt bubbles they claim as champagne to get your money’s “worth”... and also you need a boarding pass now.
@Anthony: A friend is running this, perhaps you’d like a southern sky refresher? http://www.3rf.com.au |
Horatio, I flew on a Compass A300 in 1982 Brisbane to Sinny, so you might be thinking of Compass Mk 11 or Mk 111
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Originally Posted by Ascend Charlie
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Horatio, I flew on a Compass A300 in 1982 Brisbane to Sinny, so you might be thinking of Compass Mk 11 or Mk 111
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Compass mark. 1 operated for little over one year, ending December 1991. Mark 2 began in 1992 and ended less than a year later in 1993.
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