PHOTO OPP - Qatar Airways B777-300 inaugural flight from Doha to Sydney - 2 MAR 2016

[Kurt A]

Hi all,

Sydney Airport has kindly made available 3 seats on the "Media Bus" to attend an airfield photography session to capture the arrival of Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight from Doha to Sydney on this Wednesday afternoon, 2/3/2016.

To be eligible to attend this airfield photography session, you;

- Must be at Sydney Airport at 4.20pm on Wednesday 2nd March 2016.
- Must be available between 4.20pm and 6.30pm when the event conludes. (Aircraft touch down is 6.05pm)
- Must be must be 18 years or older to participate.
- Must be an active registered member of the Sydney Airport Message Board with contributions in the past 6 months and with tenure in excess of those 6 months from yesterday (28th Feb 2016).
(Check your profile for validity via the community member list here http://yssyforum.net/board/memberlist.php)
- Must present photo ID to prove your identity.
- Must wear fully enclosed shoes, no thongs are permitted.

Furthermore, if you are one of the 3 people selected, you;

- Must ensure that your email address in your User Profile is accurate and valid so that I can make immediate contact with you today (check that now)
- Must then be able to provide me with your full name, email address and contact number via private message or email

Please register your interest by replying to this thread today.
If there are more than 3 valid submissions, all names will be entered into an electronic random selection process.
Results will be posted here and the succssful applicants contacted.

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Press Conference

Also, an open invitation has been extended to everyone interested; Qatar Airways will hold a press conference the following day, Thursday, 3 March, at 10.30am at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney City.

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive His Excellency, Mr. Akbar Al Baker will be in Sydney to discuss the airline's new service, as well as other news and activities in Australia.
The event will offer a great opportunity to meet Qatar Airway's senior management, as well as discuss opportunities for future collaboration.

If you will attend the advertised press conference, please first RSVP Sonia Heng at the following; Sonia.Heng@redagency.com.au or 03 9426 5342.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g183/yssy_moderator/YSSY%20Stuff/Qatar%20Press%20Conference%20Invite_zpsk6x9hqqs.jp g~original

Good luck and have fun.

Cheers
Kurt

[Micheil Keegan]

Hi Kurt,

I'd like to register my interest for a seat, if there's any still available.

Thanks

Micheil

[Morris Biondi]

Hi Kurt,

Morris here, count me in as well if possible.

Thanks in advance,
Morris

[Terence W]

Hi Kurt, please count me in as interested, thank you!

Terence

[Kurt A]

Hi Micheil, Morris and Terence,

Thank you for responding to this thread. You three have been selected to go airside for tomorrows Qatar event at Sydney Airport.

For all the confirmation details, please check your email address which you have in your profiles and respond accordingly ASAP!!

If you have any questions, please respond to me by email or PM.

Don't forget to post your photos of the event :)

[David C]

FR24 is showing A7-BAO as the operating aircraft and a arrival time of 1807 hrs local

Dave C

[Micheil Keegan]

I'd like to say Thank You to Kurt and the wonderful Ladies at SACL that organised the Media Event yesterday. A big thank you also goes out to the two Gregs that escorted us around the airfield.

Here are some photos from the Inaugural QR908 Doha to Sydney service operated by 777-300ER A7-BAO

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1574/25340559192_3cf59d3995_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EBfZoY)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1644/24828432604_5c8b466a65_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/DQ1d1d)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1530/24832289193_83f6cf8548_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/DQkYr8)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1471/25163410040_a137759b74_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EkB48f)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1657/25340567972_7f97d5a207_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EBg31m)

[Paul L]

Nice

[Morris Biondi]

Big thank you from me as well.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Here are some of my images from the Qatar Airways Inaugural arrival on Wednesday evening, and the Media Conference at the Shangri-La Hotel on
the Thursday morning.

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=A7-BAO D300-20160302-231.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=A7-BAO D300-20160302-364.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=A7-BAO D300-20160302-375.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=A7-BAO D300-20160302-377.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=A7-BAO D300-20160302-381.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=A7-BAO D300-20160302-012.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=A7-BAO D300-20160302-019.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=A7-BAO D300-20160302-396.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=A7-BAO D300-20160302-401.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=MEDIA D300-20160303-049.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=MEDIA D300-20160303-024.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=MEDIA D300-20160303-068.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=MEDIA D300-20160303-079.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=MEDIA D300-20160303-034.jpg

http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Images/displayimage.php?image=MEDIA D300-20160303-039.jpg

[Terence W]

A big Thank You from me too to Kurt, SACL and all involved in organising the event. Was great to meet a good number of fellow forum members for the first time as well. Thoroughly enjoyed it!

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1522/25496799206_5a400e0e55_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ER4L7j)

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1494/25522940885_fec7b3fa21_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ETnK7V)

Cheers,
Terence.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Nice rainbow close up Terence.

The Media Bus had an interesting run along taxiway Alpha to the Runway 34L - Lima intersection.

First it was a head on with Singapore Airlines B777-212ER 9V-SVC vacating from the Alpha 2 Rapid, and then a cheeky Jetstar Dreamliner VHJ-VKH cut
us off at the Alpha-Juliet intersection (ok, we had to give way to traffic on the right).

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/9V-SVC D300-20160302-030.jpg

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/VH-VKH D300-20160302-033.jpg

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/VH-VKH D300-20160302-034.jpg

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/VH-VKH D300-20160302-035.jpg

Not a sight you see every day - caution wake turbulence !
http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/VH-VKH D300-20160302-039.jpg

[Cliff Cook]

To Grahame and Terence,

Your photos are so awesome and interesting and it was great show to follow behind Jetstar B787-8 taxing to RWY34L. Thanks for your big sharing!.

From Cliff Cook. :)

[Grahame Hutchison]

Thanks Barry, great to hear from you.

My full image and video coverage of the Qatar Arrival and Media Conference are now available at news.16Right.com (http://news.16Right.com)

[Nigel C]

7000 posts? Surely there's a step above 'prolific member' for you to be known as?

Totally of topic, but perhaps we need a new set of memberships?
New member = passenger
Member = flight attendant
Senior member = First Officer
Prolific Member = Captain
Uber-prolific Member = Senior Check Captain
Admin = Hostie

[Nigel C]

I was fortunate and very thankful to be invited on board the media chopper for the arrival. It certainly made the trek back to Sydney on a day off worthwhile!
Here's just one of many, many shots I took.

Many thanks to Kurt Ams for his photo editing skills. The city was full of sea-breeze induced haze, not that you'd know it from this picture!

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x82/Kiska2/VH3H4733_zpsnzce4wxc.jpg

[Grahame Hutchison]

I hadn't noticed the 7,000 posts Nigel, thanks for pointing it out - that is over the 17 years since joining the Board in 1999 (also realised it is 36 years of photographing at Sydney Airport). Happy to go
with Senior Check Captain

Great shot of the Qatar Airways harbour fly past, you got the perfect line up between the Opera House and the Bridge. From memory, the Qatar B777-300ER was at 2,100ft and the choppers
must have been around 3,000ft. Hopefully you captured many other great shots of the city and harbour.

I always loved this view of the city flying the Harbour Scenic 1, and passengers were always very impressed with the view. GA aircraft flying the harbour do it at 1,500ft, simply magic.

Here are a couple of shots I took while orbiting the Archer III just east of the Harbour Bridge - left un-leveled to retain as much image as possible

You can actually see Botany Bay and Sydney Airport in this shot
http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2008-04-01_013.jpg

Anzac Bridge and the Harbour Bridge
http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2008-04-01_012.jpg

Garden Island with a ship in the Dry Dock
http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/D300-2008-04-01_014.jpg

[Terence W]

Cheers Cliff. Grahame, glad you got those photos from the bus. Later on I realised I have flown on VKH before, which makes the experience more special!

Fantastic shot Nigel! And not to forget Micheil too.

Terence.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Here is my 12 second time lapse of the Qatar Airways B777-300ER Water Cannon. I can recognise a few running photographers at the end of the clip.

Watch Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ivyevm1RZs)

[Nigel C]

Here's a few more of the arrival...

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x82/Kiska2/COG_4952a%20small_zpszzgoqqsk.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x82/Kiska2/COG_5002%20small_zpsmbtjous3.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x82/Kiska2/Qatar%20Airways%20YSSY%20020316%206%20small_zpsmsw a8avl.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x82/Kiska2/Qatar%20Airways%20Inaugural%20YSSY%20020316%201a%2 0small_zps1ghcqsmo.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x82/Kiska2/Qatar%20Airways%20YSSY%20020316%2015%20small_zpsko bsn0rv.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x82/Kiska2/Qatar%20Airways%20YSSY%20020316%2011%20small_zpsdk rdr5fi.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x82/Kiska2/VH3H4857%20small_zpsgzgbcqlk.jpg

[Grahame Hutchison]

Wow, you would have to be happy with those shots Nigel, especially the second shot over Cockatoo Island, and the last one at Gate 8.

[Nigel C]

Yep, I'm quite chuffed with most of the shots I got. There's quite a few soft ones in the hundreds I took, but overall I'm very happy.

The two shots of the Harbour Bridge and Opera House would be the overall favourites.

[Neil L]

Thanks Nigel for the great shots over Sydney.

Sydney was my home town for most of my life and as I now
live interstate, your photo brings back great memories of flying
over Sydney Harbour years ago on a C-130J