Greg Wood

Great seeing your pictures Mir, mine are still in the camera & took hundred's as you did! Off to Singapore & Kuala Lumpur tommorrow 1/10 for weeks R&R and upon my return will add my contributions to the topic. Was a fantastic day out, thanks for your company & good times. Regards Greg

G'day all, Malaysia Airlines have announced new service 3x weekly service to Perth effective 15.01.11 from Kota Kinabalu. These flights will operate using B73H aircraft. No flight numbers or arr / dep times have been made avail yet. Give you & us guys another option travelling between Malaysia & Australia. Cheers Greg / Perth

Gidday All, The Red Bull Air Race in Perth has been guaranteed until 2013, then after that will be up for renewal between Red Bull & West Australian State Government whom I assume would be offered first rights to re-host the event. That aside here is a cross selection of various images taken over the Red Bull Air Race weekend! something for everyone's tastes. Thanks for viewing....Greg

Gidday all, Will have a selection of pictures up tommorrow to share! Uncle Norman Ian took the 2,500 frames ++ over the weekend! smoke comes out of Ian's camera...he works it like a well oiled machine gun! Rgds Greg

Hi Guys, The weather's improved 100% back to blue skies & sunshine. Yesterday's session netted some brilliant pictures with one member of MW taking approx 2,500 frames, others like Min, Mir & myself bit more conservative. Today (Sun) is last day of the event! we'll be out there again today doing our best, and when time permits in the coming days more images will be posted for you guys. Greg

Great work! look forward to seeing you guys on the South Perth side today. Cheers Greg

Hi all, Sad to report that 11.50hrs (WST) today during the first practice session of this year's Red Bull Air Race hosted in Perth, that Brazilian pilot Adilson Kindlemann crashed his MXR Technologies MXS-R aircraft N19MX msn 7 into the Swan River. He had moments earlier passed thru the starting gates and had weaved thru the 3 chicanes when on exiting out of the last pylon appears the aircraft has appeared to have stalled, flying at approx 50ft the aircraft dived slightly and was recovered by Adilson who then applied more power but unfortunately the aircraft failed to climb and hit the water. He was recovered from the aircraft within minutes of the crash and was transported to Royal Perth Hospital where his condition is reported to be stable, he suffered only whiplash and bruising and was extremely lucky and will be in hospital overnight only for observation & discharged tommorrow. The weather here has been wet over past days resulting in the aircraft departing & returning from Jandakot Airport, as the soddened grass at Langley Park in the city was still deemed as being unsafe, tommorrow's another day & hopefully things will see the aircraft all arrive safely into Langley Park and blue skies. Nice catching up with Iggy today at South Perth, & look forward to seeing Min & Mir over the next few days. Heres a few pictures soon after this morning's tragic mishap! Please feel free to add your images into the topic & enjoy. Regards Greg

Kian Hong, Excellent pictures of the Iran Air 747SP, I photographed her many years ago at Changi undergoing maintaince and a re-spray at SIA Engineering same time as an Asian Aerospace Expo was being held, probably mid 90s. 747SP's Ive shot: Qantas, Australia Asia, Air Mauritius, Air Namibia, Mandarin, China Airlines, Air China, Korean, South African, Alliance, Saudia, United, Global Air (Brisbane & Jakarta) PS: Coming up soon for another visit ... my 15th time up! Regards Greg

Seen here arriving into Perth on 26th March was this US Army Beech Kingair 200 (C-12F Huron) 84-0164 msn BL-93 ex: NAS Atusgi (RJTA); Zamboanga A/port (RPMZ) Philippines; Dili A/Port (WPDL); Port Hedland (YPPD) as flight 'CATS 055'. Its pictured here earlier today parked outside Perth Flight Centre. US Army C-12F Huron 84-0164 Perth 27.03.10 Regards Greg

G'day all, Arriving into Jandakot Airport at 10.05hrs ex: Mundijong (private field) today was this immaculately presented Beechcraft D17 Staggerwing,registered NC16S c/n 6687 and built in 1944, under the command of Bill Charney who is flying the aircraft from New Zealand to USA (anti-clockwise) & into wind all the way home. You can visit his website & follow his journey here: www.captainbiff.com Here's a few photos taken earlier today of her arriving at Royal Aero Club Jandakot. Owner / Pilot: Bill 'Biff' Charney Thanks for viewing! Greg

Hi All, Question: What is the aircraft type & operator of the aircraft parked behind the Mahan Air 743 ???? Cheers Greg

Hey thanks a lot for your comments Iggy! Strategic will operate 3 x times weekly return services to Derby (Fly in / out) as well as operating to Bali, taking over where Ozjet left off; When this is likely to happen is anyones guess due to the on-going problems surrounding Ozjet's 3 grounded 737-200s at Perth, and monies owed to WAC; also Singapore was mentioned in conversation onboard the aircraft as another likely destination for this airline. Expansion within the region is certainly on Airline's agenda with a second A320 aircraft in Singapore expected to arrive soon becoming VH-YQB, things are certainly on the up & up for Perth. Regards Greg

On Tuesday 2nd February, I along with many others participated in a (AOC) Air Operators Certifate route proving flight to Derby / RAAF Curtin (YCIN) to Perth return with Strategic Airlines, onboard there recently delivered A320-212 VH-YQA c/n 190. The flight was anything from the ordinary with (CASA) Civil Aviation Authority Australia, Australia's aircraft safety watchdog onboard overseeing & evaluating all of today's flight scenarios too see the compentance of the flight crews & flight attendants as part of obtaing the airlines AOC certificate by putting them through a series of different in-flight scenarios. Our flights simulated the following: Smoke / Fire in the toilet; Pax / Medical Emergency :- Heart Attack; and Emergency Landing. Iam pleased to say that the sequence of tests undertaken on todays flight all passed! and is now another step closer in obtaining its AOC Certifcate. Here are a few pictures taken from the day: Our Aircraft VH-YQA named "The Kimberley" parked on Bay 21 at Perth Interesting tag on the aircraft's side :- Think , Be , Fly simply meaning Think Strategic, Be Strategic, Fly Strategic Leather seating onboard this completely refurbished A320 In-flight Perth to Derby Derby / Curtin Airport Terminal A320-212 VH-YQA on parking bay 1 at Derby After a 2hr layover in Derby time to re-board for the 2hrs.28mins flight back to Perth Lining up on Rwy 29 at Derby 'ready for take-off' Kimberley Thunderstorm cell en-route Derby to Perth (lightning was seen from clouds below) Setting sun over the Indian Ocean Arrivals board at Perth with our flight details, interesting to note Ozjet code-sharing on the same flight. Hope you enjoyed the pictures & in-flight commentery, if not sorry! Regards Greg

Kwek, Please remove or re-position your watermark on your images. It's spoiling your images and you cant appreciate the aircraft for what they're are. Personally I hate waterwarks:- Photos of aircraft should be enjoyed by all without having to view them through watermarks or Tags; if however they are magazine quality or the alike then thats different, but clearly some of yours wernt. Just worth thinking about. Cheers Greg

Hey Min, Just great getting outta town for a bit of that 'country life' just wished the weather that day was a bit cooler, but hey all in all we all had a great day out. Here's a breakdown per field of aircraft: Cunderdin :- 27x aircraft incl gliders Cunderdin Township:- 1x DH-82A Toger Moth replica Northam Air Field:- 41 aircraft, (6 dead) White Gum Field:- 16 aircraft Springbett Air Field :- nil aircraft Beverley / York Rd:- 1x ex: RAAF Vampire Beverley Museum :- 1x ex: RAAF Vampire Beverley Soaring Club: - 16 aircraft incl gliders Mt. Dale:- nil aircraft Cheers Greg

Hey all, January 24th 35 degrees celcius and 5 Perth based enthusiasts decided on a soujourn around the Avon Valley exploring what treasures lie about. The party consisted of Richard, Stuart, Alistair, Duncan, and myself. We left Perth at 06.30hrs our first Stop Cunderdin arriving there at 08.00hrs, here's a few examples of what we saw: CUNDERDIN DH-82A Tiger Moth VH-WLQ (replica only) marked as M-2005 Old historical WWII barracks as used at Cunderdin Air Field Lockheed SP-2H (P2V-7) Neptune VH-NEP formerly N54317, US Navy BuAer serial 145921arrived in 2005 from Perth Airport. Next Stop: Northam (departed Cunderdin at 09.05hrs & arrived in Northam at 09.45hrs) Cessna 175B VH-WBB Wittman Tailwind VH-MGO (derelict condition) the car is a Morris Cowley for those interested! Cessna 337G VH-MRQ formerly with Murchison Relines, last seen was in Kalgoorlie After some breakfast at the 'Golden Arches' left Northam at 10.35hrs and headed for White Gum Farm, arriving there at 12.00 Noon. White Gum Farm: Skyfox CA22 55-0680 'Foxy Lady' G-2351 Auto Gyro Europe MTO Sport Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat 24-7274 Left White Gum Farm at 12.45hrs then headed to York, arriving there at 13.15hrs, not much here sadly as Brooklands was closed, and only two aircraft were sighted at Skydive Express, a Cessna 208 VH-OAI, and Cessna 182E VH-DUW after a quick look & see then headed to Springbett Airfield arriving at 13.40hrs for a look & see, this airfield is now closed and is overgrowm with dead grass making it a fire hazard for sure. Here's our Driver Stuart, navigator Duncan & Richard at rear looking at what remains of Springbett, Alistair had gone walkabout :- stretching the legs, & me taking the pictures documenting the journey. Next Stop: Beverley Arrived into Beverley at 14.35hrs visiting two Vampires in the town, then headed out to Beverley Soaring Club, for a look & see at Gliders taking to the skies and to have some (late) lunch! Vampire TA.35 A A79-651 c/n 4173 situated on the Beverley - York Road Vampire TA.35 A A79-638 c/n 4160 situated outside Beverley Aeronautical Museum Jabiru J160C 24-4887 c/n 129 In summary: We visited 7 airfields, saw & photographed 103 aircraft of various types & condition etc,took 7hrs from start to finish, used 1/2 tank of petrol, & drank approx 20 Ltrs of water between the 5 of us, the temprature on this day was 35 degrees celcius. It was a great day out & our next soujourn is being planned. Thanks for viewing: Cheers Greg

Unknown what freight the 732C was carrying in or out sorry, checked back thru my records to find her past two previous visits to Perth were on 11.07.08 & 16.02.06 on these occasions she was operated by TRI-MG Cargo Airlines, ALSO: that USCG C-37A '01' departed to Mahe Island, Seychelles just to update on her depature ex: Perth. Greg

Neptune Air B737-210C (adv) 9M-NEA c/n 21822 arrived 13.00hrs ex: Denpasar as flight NEP786 & departed 15.45hrs back to Denpasar as 'Nine Mike - November Echo Alpha' (Last visited Perth on 16.02.2006 operating as Cardigair). Cheers Greg

United States Coast Guard Gulfstream V (C-37A) 01 c/n 653 arrived 18.15hrs ex: Sydney as "Charlie 101" and used flight number as "C101"; The aircraft's routing thus far is: Paya Lebar - Sydney - Perth - its next onward destination unknown at this time. The USCG operates only 1 example of this type of aircraft and is extremely rare to see the aircraft in these parts. "Happy New Year" Cheers Greg

Magic photo....which one is it ???? Cheers Greg

Thick fingers:- did mean A330 thanks for the correction! Rgds Greg

Tom et all, Air Asia X A340-343X 9M-XXD c/n 1066 operated flight XAX2714/2715 from Kuala Lumpur to Perth v.v today 23/11/09. (1st visit to Perth) aircraft hex code: 7501E8 for those with SBS-1 decoders. She arrived at 05.10hrs and departed at 07.12hrs. Regards Greg

Continuing on from where we left off: Rotormotion R-44 II VH-HVY Rotormotion R-22 Beta VH-RBT Griffin Helicopters Bell 206B III Jetranger VH-JRI Stinson SR-8B Reliant VH-UXL Nord 3202 VH-IWD Boeing E-75 Stearman VH-YDF Boeing E-75 Stearman VH-YND Culp Special VH-ZUZ Thanks for viewing! Greg

Hi everyone, The City of Perth hosted a special fly in at Langley Park on the city's foreshore yesterday 7th November 2009. The fly-in was in honour of Australia's first lady of aviation the late 'Nancy Bird Walton' & to celebrate the flying achievements of women in aviation. The fly in attracted 15 aircraft (7x military & 8x civil types) 1 glider, and 3 helicopters. Langley Park in the City of Perth, the venue for today's fly-in TVW-7 Perth TV News AS350BA Squirrel VH-TVG City of Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi getting proceedings underway Pilots of the aircraft getting there departure instructions prior to leaving Tiger Moth DH-82A VH-BTP (A17-744) about to touch down on Langley Park Followed in by Tiger Moth VH-CKF Boeing E-75 N1 Stearman VH-YND looking good touching down at Langley! My person favourite on the day:- AT-6D Texan VH-WWA coded 106 'A' and then .... just having a bit of fun! Here's Robbie from Rotormotion :- Oh my... and good ole mate Richard taking a rest between pics! Cheers Richard... Look forward to seeing some more of 'others' work from yesterday & will post some more from the fly - in in the days ahead! Thanks for viewing :- Greg

KC, Could you elaborate more specifically as to where your photos were taken from:- room, balcony, stairway, perhaps even a recommended room number to stay in at the Crowne Plaza. Thanks Greg