Qantas B744 VH-OEC

[Jim M]

Hi All,

Noticed this aircraft hasn't been appearing on Sydney ACARS lately.
Just curious to know why not. Could it be off for heavy maintenance or is it
for some other reason?

Any info would be appreciated.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Jim,

Looks like OEC did the QF108 service back at the end of November then went to Avalon for just over a month. It then operated a Sydney-Melbourne service in early January but nothing since. I also checked the ACARSD website and they have the last recorded flight as QF6195 on the 28th Nov 08.

2009-01-06 10:37:00 VH-OEC B747-4HD QF0423 Qantas Sydney-Melbourne
2008-11-29 17:25:00 VH-OEC B747-4HD QF6195 Qantas Sydney-Avalon
2008-11-28 09:14:00 VH-OEC B747-4HD QF0108 Qantas JFK-LAX-Sydney

[Peter Agatsiotis]

Grahame just beat me to it; my acars history shows 29 Nov 08 as the last entry.

The SYD-MEL flight mentioned was actually operated by VH-OGC which highlights the problem with 'faulty' transmissions that are frequent with the acars system.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Good pickup Peter .. .

VH-OGC QF0423 06/01/2009 10:33 Qantas B767-338(ER) Sydney-Melbourne
VH-OEC QF0423 06/01/2009 10:37 Qantas B747-4HD Sydney-Melbourne

So this makes it almost 3 months since any activity.

[Andrew Norris]

Whats the ACARSD website please so we can have a look at the records ???

[Jason Carruthers]

http://www.acarsd.org/

[Lee G]

VH-OEC is in AVV for maintanance and is due back on Monday mid morning.
VH-OGC will be seen Sunday(tommorrow) morning.

regards

[Jim M]

Thanks all for your info. It is greatly appreciated.

[Jim M]

Noticed on Sydney ACARS for 23/2/09 that OJN was Avalon bound as QF6195 and OEC has returned as Lee stated.

Maybe OJN will be the next to disappear for a while??

[matthew mcdonald]

OEC departed 1 hour late today as QF 107 to Los Angeles, and it had a funny looking engine:

[Marty H]

OEC departed 1 hour late today as QF 107 to Los Angeles, and it had a funny looking engine:

Not an engine rather the cowling cover, pinched from a OJ registered B744.

[matthew mcdonald]

Yeah sorry my bad :o

[Alex Watts]

Not an engine rather the cowling cover, pinched from a OJ registered B744.

Didn't know that RR RB211's and GE CF6's had interchangeable engine cowls???

[Marty H]

Didn't know that RR RB211's and GE CF6's had interchangeable engine cowls???

Unsure, seems its a 'grey' cowling cover though.

[Anthony J]

Didn't know that RR RB211's and GE CF6's had interchangeable engine cowls???
They don't!

[Alex Watts]

I know :p

[Tim Bowrey]

Not an engine rather the cowling cover, pinched from a OJ registered B744.

As AJ said above, they aren't off the RR(OJ*) 744's. Completly different size and shape from the Rolls Royce to the General Electric.

My question is why do they bother making the other cowlings grey when there arent any GE QF744 with grey engines. Wouldnt they just make them white? OED and OEB(before repaint) and I assume others had grey cowlings at one stage.

[Micheil Keegan]

Doesn't OEJ have grey engines?

Micheil

[Dan Hammond]

Doesn't OEJ have grey engines?

Micheil
Yes it does

[Tim Bowrey]

Yes it does

Not if your comparing it to RR engines. Yes they are a shade of grey compared to the normal GE 74's but no where near the Rolls Royce which is what we are really talking about.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/Marlb0ro/Tims%20Stuff/untitled-14.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/Marlb0ro/Tims%20Stuff/ge.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/Marlb0ro/Tims%20Stuff/rr.jpg

[Tom PER]

Maybe it's a new cowling that QF haven't bothered to paint.

For an aircraft that has just come out of maintenance it certainly does look shabby and tired.

Reminds of the late 90's/early 00's when the majority of QF B744's had mis-matched cowlings.

That said in the 3rd pic of Tim's those RR engines look superb polished up.

[Mike W]

From what I recall, this grey part of the cover is not new. I'm sure I've seen it before the service, however a quick search on a.net photos doesn't back me up.

Anyone else remember this?

[Anthony J]

VH-OEB had grey and white before it's repaint:
http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/2/4/0/5/70491_1111362504_tb.jpg (http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=439690)

[Mike W]

VH-OEB had grey and white before it's repaint:
http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/2/4/0/5/70491_1111362504_tb.jpg (http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=439690)

Aha, that must be what I was thinking of. Cheers:cool: