2014 a year in review.

[Jaryd stock]

So for the past couple of years couple of the boys have got together to highlight the best movements of the previous year. Compared to other years when you look back 2014 was jam packed full of stuff for YSSY and surrounding areas not to mention G20 in Brisbane, and MH370 search and rescue aircraft deploying from Airports and Bases in Western Australia.

But closer to home we couldn't complain it was a great year with some unique movements that you will never see here in Sydney again, E-4 and IL-76* come to mind. Also Kurt Ams did a great Job to help organise another Spotters weekend and huge thanks must go to him and SACL for allowing some diehard aviation enthusiasts out in the middle for a couple of hours.

So here is just a snap shot of the year that was please feel free to post great images of stuff that i have forgotten about.

*(type as it was a MA one of the earliest off the production line)

We said goodbye to United's 744's....
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7474/16161362815_e88f8154fb_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qC8d7t)United 747-422 N116UA (https://flic.kr/p/qC8d7t) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

And said hello to there 772's....
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7493/15539001514_d4e8ce08c4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pF8rMd)United 777-200 N229UA (https://flic.kr/p/pF8rMd) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

Some new Livery's for us to capture...
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7531/16135731506_687ac533d5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qzRQPm)yssy6 (https://flic.kr/p/qzRQPm) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7490/16159183521_28b25bce98_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qBW3hr)AirCalin A330 F-OJSE (https://flic.kr/p/qBW3hr) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7565/15975291309_bd1b70439b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qkFxx4)Phoenix Air Asia, A330-300 9M-XXT (https://flic.kr/p/qkFxx4) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7529/16161081155_8053c88159_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qC6Log)QantasLink 717, VH-YQW. (https://flic.kr/p/qC6Log) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

And we bid farewell to Yananyi...
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7575/15974035630_be0d5e1b6b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qkz7gq)Qantas 737-838 VH-VXB (https://flic.kr/p/qkz7gq) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr


TO BE CONTINUED.....

[Jaryd stock]

Air New Zealand welcomed their 787-9 into service with YSSY the first post of call from AKL....
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7512/15541601283_f38fc7c524_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pFmLAP)Air New Zealand 787-9 ZK-NZE (https://flic.kr/p/pFmLAP) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7469/16135291546_2e430799e5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qzPA2Q)Air New Zealand 787-9 ZK-NZF (https://flic.kr/p/qzPA2Q) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

And we had some Russians come bearing gifts....
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8653/16160314632_e0636177ce_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qC2Qwm)212th Russian Special Detachment, IL-76MA (https://flic.kr/p/qC2Qwm) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8681/16160330472_9f0ddfca23_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qC2Ves)AN-124-100 (https://flic.kr/p/qC2Ves) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

The Airbus A350-900 stopped by on its XWB world tour....
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8603/16160321982_e8458bcbf6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qC2SH5)Airbus A350XWB F-WWYB (https://flic.kr/p/qC2SH5) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

TO BE CONTINUED.....

[Jaryd stock]

We had new airlines start revenue services...

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7536/16161350295_8493eb5f1e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qC89oB)Cebu Pacific A330-200 (https://flic.kr/p/qC89oB) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

But things started to get serious from August onwards towards the end of the year as was mentioned we had the A350 arrive and it just kept getting better...
Different C-17's were here...

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8581/15541985493_3e1b6ae992_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pFoJP8)C-17 RAAF (https://flic.kr/p/pFoJP8) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7561/15974049780_7fc5616b20_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qkzbto)Royal Airforce C-17 ZZ174 (https://flic.kr/p/qkzbto) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7470/16161061822_bc21534770_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qC6ECW)AA (https://flic.kr/p/qC6ECW) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8562/15976103817_e159df31d2_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qkKH4P)C-17_1185 (https://flic.kr/p/qkKH4P) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

[Jaryd stock]

And due to AUSMIN talks between Australian and G20 up in Brisbane we did get our fair share of traffic for those weeks... With the highlight of two E-4B's which is half the fleet in USAF service Based at Offut AFB Nebraska it's rumoured these will be retired towards the end of 2015 but no official announcement has been made to confirm this.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8650/15976102147_cb582049f6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qkKGz2)E-4B (https://flic.kr/p/qkKGz2) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/15539454154_ea696deb33_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pFaLkm)A (https://flic.kr/p/pFaLkm) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7582/16161522995_8f097ee5f5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qC92Jc)yssy25 (https://flic.kr/p/qC92Jc) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7479/15975293699_e3089b587f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qkFyfg)TC-ATA Gulf 4? (https://flic.kr/p/qkFyfg) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7570/15974214690_fbc02957fb_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qkA2uE)yssy26 (https://flic.kr/p/qkA2uE) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7531/15975008689_29285a5df0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qkE6wi)Air China 737 (https://flic.kr/p/qkE6wi) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7557/15974628930_6660174ef4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qkC9CJ)Gabon Government 777-200 (https://flic.kr/p/qkC9CJ) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

[Jaryd stock]

And then Retro Roo arrived to everyones delight.....

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8577/16159169551_98b47a5e55_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qBVY8z)Retro Roo Qantas 737-838, VH-XZP. (https://flic.kr/p/qBVY8z) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr


But as the last 737-800 was delivered so was the wind up to some great types of aircraft in the Qantas inventory.....

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7472/15777132400_620ccd192d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q3aVN9)Qantas VH-OJA, 747-438 'City of Canberra' (https://flic.kr/p/q3aVN9) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

And the last flight by the 767 on the 27th of December as flight QF767 touched down at YSSY at 6:58pm for it's final revenue service.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7499/15974081078_96002432d8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qkzkM1)yssy34 (https://flic.kr/p/qkzkM1) by Jaryd Stock Photography (https://www.flickr.com/people/65762133@N02/), on Flickr

[Bernie P]

Whilst still in the NSW (ok, so its the ACT, but....) we also had the following... I 'may' have made a few trips down to YSCB!! :D

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7312/13281863924_cb61aa0b9a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/meF2pS)
JA788A ANA B77W 35 YSCB-2274 (https://flic.kr/p/meF2pS) by A u s s i e P o m m (https://www.flickr.com/people/43676978@N00/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3885/15126347062_7812899c04_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p3EtZh)
T22-1 Spanish A310-304 YSCB-0872 (https://flic.kr/p/p3EtZh) by A u s s i e P o m m (https://www.flickr.com/people/43676978@N00/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5497/14445033758_ed62df0592_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/o1szhb)
JSDF 20-1101 35 YSCB-6246 (https://flic.kr/p/o1szhb) by A u s s i e P o m m (https://www.flickr.com/people/43676978@N00/), on Flickr

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2895/14591484076_16601591fb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oepaRE)
JSDF 20-1102 B744-6276 (https://flic.kr/p/oepaRE) by A u s s i e P o m m (https://www.flickr.com/people/43676978@N00/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7578/15872527650_946f4cb4d8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qbARtQ)
RA-74013 AN-74-200 35 YSCB-6410 (https://flic.kr/p/qbARtQ) by A u s s i e P o m m (https://www.flickr.com/people/43676978@N00/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7498/16057854581_668f574125_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qsYGHK)
RA-74013 AN-74-200 35 YSCB-6419 (https://flic.kr/p/qsYGHK) by A u s s i e P o m m (https://www.flickr.com/people/43676978@N00/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8648/16100989516_84a9c00b49_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qwMMew)
A7-BAI QR B77W 35 YSCB-7686 (https://flic.kr/p/qwMMew) by A u s s i e P o m m (https://www.flickr.com/people/43676978@N00/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8586/16100988396_c0d549f08b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qwMLUd)
A7-BAI QR B77W 35 YSCB-7701 (https://flic.kr/p/qwMLUd) by A u s s i e P o m m (https://www.flickr.com/people/43676978@N00/), on Flickr