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Qantas’s first Boeing 747-400 has landed at Illawarra Airport, Australia

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VH-OJA holds two B747 records :

- The longest B747 flight from London to Sydney non-stop, 18,000km in 20 hours 8 mins

- The shortest B747 flight from Sydney to Illawara Airport in 12 mins

 

 

Just to share more photos of the displays at HARS

 

Super Constellation. HARS has done a good job to restore her from the storage at Arizona to flying condition. There are now only two flying Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation in the world.

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IMG_2626E%20-%20Super%20Constellation_zp

 

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The rope serves as 'emergency slide'

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Cockpit

IMG_2620E%20-%20Super%20Costellation_zps

 

Crew rest bunk bed is placed behind the cockpit. The circular opening at the top is for navigation at night by stars

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IMG_2622E%20-%20Super%20Constellation_zp

 

IMG_2623E%20-%20Super%20Constellation_zp

 

 

Another DC3. She is still in flying condition

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IMG_2606E%20-%20DC3_zpszbts9vie.jpg

 

IMG_2604E%20-%20DC3_zpsfa3ghraw.jpg

 

 

F-111

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F-111 Cockpit

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Thank you Mr Kee :good:

Nice to be able to get into the old birds and marvel at all those dials, knobs, levers, ..... no on board computers to help fly and navigate back then I guess :)

I suspect the seats in the Connie's cabin were not original spec but salvaged from some retired airliner of latter era

And that stairway truck - I'm sure there were one or two of those at our local airport, in days long past now

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A few more photos

 

Bell AH-1 Huey Cobra

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IMG_2647E%20-%20Bell%20Huey%20Cobra_zps3

 

Neptune P2V-7 anti-sybmarine aircraft

IMG_2658E%20-%20Neptune_zpsds6h4tsf.jpg

 

DC-3

IMG_2660E%20-%20DC3_zpshmfrdgcn.jpg

 

IMG_2664E%20-%20DC3_zpsfvq9n1a1.jpg

 

Lavatory & kitchen at the rear

IMG_2666E%20-%20DC3_zpscjcydlft.jpg

 

IMG_2667E%20-%20DC3_zpsvhvozale.jpg

 

A DC-4 under restoration

IMG_2669E%20-%20DC4_zpssik6secr.jpg

 

English Electric Canberra

IMG_2674E%20-%20English%20Electric%20Can

 

IMG_2678E%20-%20English%20Electric%20Can

 

IMG_2680E%20-%20English%20Electric%20Can

 

DHC-4 Caribou

IMG_2682E%20-%20DHC-4%20Caribou_zps0ug5g

 

IMG_2683E%20-%20DHC-4%20Caribou_zps9q2so

 

IMG_2684E%20-%20DHC-4%20Caribou_zpsy0hp6

 

PBY-6A Catalina, an amphibious aircraft

IMG_2689E%20-%20Catalina_zpsli29aadl.jpg

 

IMG_2691E%20-%20Catalina_zpsbwnigv20.jpg

 

Last but not least, the item we frequently watch in the 'Áir Crash Investigation' series

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