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Alor Setar - Sultan Abdul Halim Airport

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Yes, BERNAMA reporter together with me at the Tower, and nicely chit chatting with him about plane spotting. Asked him to change immediately to 200mm or longer lens because i notice on his D3s body was 50mm. :acute:

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Mohd Idham, thanks for your coverage of this historic event from AOR. Always appreciate you sharing your catches up north! :)

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Wow, those fellows from the Pajero were really excited!

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Thanks for the kind words guys... :-)

 

 

Information: B777 will be arriving from MED on 9th Sept 2013, 0740hrs local time. Flight MH8005.

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hey hey....777 in AOR.

I remember once i did a charter flight KUL-Bintulu on 777....for Petronas.

Any MAS 777 ever flew to Miri?

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Hi guys, below are series of photos from today's flight. Enjoy. :-)

 

*A little info about this flight:

Total fuel of 7.1 tons bring from PEN.

POB of 295 - largest number of POB ever recorded at AOR :lol:

Lead pilot is local Kedahan, Datuk Kapten Mohd Fauzi.

All ground support equipment bring from KUL.

Bomba upgrade from CAT6 to CAT9.

Departure time 1305hrs.

Flight time 8 hours 15min to MED.

 

 

Ground crew are working hard to prepare the flight. Including foods, drinks and snacks.

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After an ATC clearance to MED, MH8008 were cleared for pushback and start.

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A pair of Kedah & Malaysian flags were placed at cokcpit's windows. Commemorating inaugural direct flight AOR - MED.

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Lucky for me, Tower asked pushback and facing south, direct to me. hihi. :lol:

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Enter runway, back-track for runway 22, hold position after line-up 5 min at runway 22 to dismantle flags. All airbone plane hold position 10 mins :lol:.

 

And, here it comes, with all the rumble from both Trents, superb sound track....

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Rotates, there it goes, fly all 279 passengers to holy land. Semoga beroleh Haji yg mabrur. See you again in 45 days.

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Thanks for the kind words guys... :-)

 

 

Information: B777 will be arriving from MED on 9th Sept 2013, 0740hrs local time. Flight MH8005.

 

 

There will be another one tomorrow, as one of my friend is nitestopping at AOR tonite for his AOR-MED flight tomorrow

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Maybe i mistakenly stated it, sorry about that. Boeing 777 burns 7.1 tons of fuel per hour, Boeing 747 approx. 10 tons per hour. AOR - MED took about 8 hours.

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AOR Return Hajj Flight as below.

 

24-Oct-2013: MH8205, JED-AOR, 0730hrs Arrival. MH8206, AOR-JED, 1030hrs Departure

25-Oct-2013: MH8207, JED-AOR, 0610hrs Arrival. MH8208, AOR-JED, 1140hrs Departure

26-Oct-2013: MH8209, JED-AOR, 0720hrs Arrival. MH8210, AOR-JED, 1345hrs Departure

27-Oct-2013: MH8211, JED-AOR, 0925hrs Arrival. MH8212, AOR-JED, 1500hrs Departure

28-Oct-2013: MH8213, JED-AOR, 1040hrs Arrival. MH8214, AOR-JED, 1315hrs Departure

 

p/s: my gear currently with Canon Service, internal stuff mechanical error. I dont know whether can provide coverage or not. :(

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thnk for info

 

AOR Return Hajj Flight as below.

 

24-Oct-2013: MH8205, JED-AOR, 0730hrs Arrival. MH8206, AOR-JED, 1030hrs Departure

25-Oct-2013: MH8207, JED-AOR, 0610hrs Arrival. MH8208, AOR-JED, 1140hrs Departure

26-Oct-2013: MH8209, JED-AOR, 0720hrs Arrival. MH8210, AOR-JED, 1345hrs Departure

27-Oct-2013: MH8211, JED-AOR, 0925hrs Arrival. MH8212, AOR-JED, 1500hrs Departure

28-Oct-2013: MH8213, JED-AOR, 1040hrs Arrival. MH8214, AOR-JED, 1315hrs Departure

 

p/s: my gear currently with Canon Service, internal stuff mechanical error. I dont know whether can provide coverage or not. :(

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