Aussie123 Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Went shopping with the wife, this morning at Costco, near the Canberra airport. I shot a few pictures through the fence while she shopped. As YSCB is now on the Orbx site I thought you might be interested in some of the aircraft over at the RAAF side (Fairbairn), this morning, in real life. A Qantas Boeing 717-2BL (VH-NXR) taxies towards the Terminal after having landed on Runway 35. In the background, is a RAAF E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft (Based on the Boeing 737-700 series). To the right of that, is RAAF A36-002 (A Boeing 737-7DF VIP Aircraft). To the right of that is a RAAF P-8A Poseidon muliti-mission maritime patrol aircraft (Based on the Boeing 737-800 series). To the right of that, is the front of taxing RAAF A56-003 FA-7X Dassault Falcon 7X VIP aircraft about to cross Runway 35. Finally, on the right of it, is RAAF A36-001, another VIP Boeing 737-7DF VIP aircraft. Both VIP 737s departed on Runway 35 shortly after. An interesting morning. Much better than pushing a shopping cart around. Aussie 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stillwater Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Interesting how many VIPs you have down under... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie123 Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 Better an hour spent aircraft watching rather than shopping I hope the AI this morning in MSFS 2020 matched real life. Aussie 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie123 Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, Stillwater said: Interesting how many VIPs you have down under... Hi Gerold. Our Federal Parliament sits in Canberra at various times of the year. They consider themselves VIPs . The RAAF VIP Squadron is based here and their aircraft travel all around Australia and overseas. When you consider Australia is 22 times larger than Germany, (ie. Google tells me that Germany is 4.61% of Australia's area) the aircraft cover a fair bit of distance taking Polies back and forth. A bit of maritime coastline to patrol as well. Aussie 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 That sure does best shopping. Great pictures Aussie. Cheers Graeme 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Love the shot of the Dassault - loved it in P3D and sorely missed in MSFS 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie123 Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 13 minutes ago, John Heaton said: Love the shot of the Dassault - loved it in P3D and sorely missed in MSFS Yes, A nice aircraft. Another angle: I like it in white. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 some great photos there....got to agree it looks great in white... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Very interesting! Thanks for the treat, Aussie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer38 Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Great shots mate, anything beats pushing a trolley with the wife, and you couldn't have picked a better subject. 😀 Don 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Those pictures made my day Aussie, thanks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Those shots are very nice. Definitely for the pool room. cheers Gumby 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Awesome pictures Aussie! About time I went back to Canberra to look around again. I made the long walk from the airport to that shopping centre last time I was there but didn't think to get photos of the RAAF side of the airport from there. I did of course get plenty of plane spotting in overall though, as I stayed in the hotel at the airport. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie123 Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 (edited) Thanks Scott. Yes, I'm sure it is a long walk around from that new hotel. Great day today weatherwise. Thousands of people few in today for the ANZAC Day Dawn, and morning Parade. A low C130 fly past this morning. Up ANZAC Parade and over Mt Anslie. Aussie Edited April 25, 2023 by Aussie123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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