Qantas 747 final flight

[Steve C]

Hi all,

Does anyone know the exact flight path of QF7474 today from Sydney? Is it flying over the harbour?

Regards,

Steve

[Sean L]

DCT WOL DCT HOOKS DCT DIPSO G595 SOTKI DCT 3340S15710E/M081F290 3217S16300E/M084F330 3202S16354E 2948S17022E/M084F350 2813S17639E 2505S17807W 1934S17157W/M085F370 1537S16753W 1223S16447W 0930S16153W 0505S15719W 0148N15009W/M085F390 0804N14506W 1437N13947W/M085F410 1728N13736W 2138N13421W 2529N13033W DCT LENNA/N0488F410 B577 FICKY
Filed route

[Steve C]

I understand some of it, direct to WOL (Albion Park), then direct to waypoints HOOKS and DIPSO, then direct to 33.4 deg S 157.1E.

It is supposed to do a flypast over the harbour but this filed route does not show that.

[David Henderson]

Showing a delayed departure now on FR24 at 1521.

[Steve C]

Darn,

That is getting too late for me to find a vantage point. Sydney airport movements still lists it at 2pm. https://www.sydney-airport.net/syd-flight-departure/QF7474

[Greg Hyde]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1712428625571168&set=p.1712428625571168&type=3

[Sam L]

This doesn't look promising?

Flightradar24 (https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qf7474)

[Greg Hyde]

Live streams

https://www.facebook.com/91269123170/videos/4124222707648914/

https://www.news.com.au/world/watch-live-final-qantas-747-flies-out-of-sydney/video/c28877bdba62f796915c4ed878cd1b5b

[Greg McDonald]

Just got clearance

[Greg Hyde]

Even a boat on Botany Bay gave her a water cannon salute

[Sean L]

Why is OEJ taking such a peculiar path to LAX?

[Noel White]

Artwork - Flying Kangaroo

[Steve Leadenham]

Oh, that's clever!

[Noel White]

Going to be some tight turns to do the head. Maybe an ex fighter jock!

[Greg Hyde]

Impressive

[Noel White]

Now for the front legs.

[rampdog]

Looks like it doesn't want to go into retirement ...yet!

https://www.flightradar24.com/QFA7474/2500f1e0

[Greg Hyde]

Delayed into LAX because of a flying roo.

[rampdog]

Check out the link again
https://www.flightradar24.com/QFA7474/2500f1e0

Love ya QANTAS...absolutely brilliant :-)
Don't care if you hate them they are an Aussie Icon.

[Greg Hyde]

flying roo

[Sean L]

so apparently the last of Qantas's money was spent on jetfuel for the Roo.

[matthew mcdonald]

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[Aaron M]

So I assume the flying kangaroo was programmed into the fmc? Who would have had the job of "drawing the roo"?
Looks like some pretty tight turns

[Greg Hyde]

Final 747 flight goes viral with 600k sharing Roo design

The final Qantas 747 flight went viral on Wednesday night with more than 600,000 users sharing its kangaroo flight path on Twitter and Instagram.

In fact, during its first hour in the air, Flightradar24 reported that 150,000 users were tracking its journey in real-time as people tried to decipher what Captain Sharelle Quinn was attempting.

Yesterday, QF7474 departed Sydney at 3:28pm on its way to Los Angeles, but on the way took a detour to draw an enormous Qantas Kangaroo in the skies.

Australian Aviation can reveal the now-iconic design measured 275 kilometres east-west and 250 kilometres north-south and took just under 90 minutes to complete.

More than 365,000 users on Twitter and 255,000 on Instagram shared Qantas’ official post, but many tens of thousands are likely to have also shared similar pictures and animations of the journey.

When it finished, VH-OEJ climbed to cruising altitude and headed for Los Angeles, where it touched down at 1:23pm after 15 hours in the air.

Full story
https://australianaviation.com.au/2020/07/final-747-flight-goes-viral-with-600k-sharing-roo-design/

[MarkR]

So I assume the flying kangaroo was programmed into the fmc? Who would have had the job of "drawing the roo"?
Looks like some pretty tight turns

Flight ops would have plotted and uploaded the waypoints, aircraft flew at lower then normal altitude to permit flap deployment to assist.

Waypoints are on PPRUNE https://www.pprune.org/10844009-post37.html

BTW Nice photo Tim
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9796369

[Tim Bowrey]

BTW Nice photo Tim
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9796369

Thanks Mark!