IL-96 due in Sydney later today [Archive] - Sydney Airport Message Board

Anthony R Haynes

17th March 2009, 01:34 PM

A good one for Sydney later this afternoon from Canberra.

SDM900s, IL96 due around 4pm

Tim Bowrey

17th March 2009, 01:40 PM

RA96018 according to another message board thread. Its won me over!

How do you know?

NickN

17th March 2009, 02:18 PM

Will it be overnighting or turning around this evening?

Nigel C

17th March 2009, 02:44 PM

Parked on Bay 98B as I type.

I'm not aware of its movements after this.

NickN

17th March 2009, 02:49 PM

Was gonna go have a look but 98B wont be friendly. Hopefully it ends up at the GA.

Nigel C

17th March 2009, 03:12 PM

98B is on the DOM-6 apron just to the south of GA.

NickN

17th March 2009, 03:18 PM

It sure is, I have no idea why I was thinking it was one of the stand off bays at the Int Terminal.

Nigel C

17th March 2009, 03:23 PM

That makes two of us!

Sarah C

17th March 2009, 07:14 PM

It is sitting over in the GA area now - perfect photo opportunity unless it leaves overnight.

Tim Bowrey

17th March 2009, 08:07 PM

Arriving at about 3:40pm. (http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=2393911)

phil.l

17th March 2009, 09:14 PM

Nice shot Tim, any idea of departure time?

NickN

18th March 2009, 08:18 AM

I managed to get some nice shots from the fence in front of Krispy Kreme. Sunlight was perfect, got there just as they were shutting down.

BernieL

18th March 2009, 10:48 AM

It is still parked over at general aviation, apparently it is here bringing a diplomat in to discuss resuming uranium shipments

Tim Bowrey

18th March 2009, 11:14 AM

4:30pm depature today apparently.

Tony G

18th March 2009, 11:24 AM

4:30pm depature today apparently.

Yep i was told the same this morning by a fellow spotter 1630

Greg McDonald

18th March 2009, 03:15 PM

Any movement yet?

Sarah C

18th March 2009, 03:45 PM

Any movement yet?

Yep - it is facing the west in the GA area so it is about to taxi to runway 34L in the next couple of minutes.

Sarah C

18th March 2009, 04:08 PM

It jus took off from 34L , rotating in line with the tower so it is a good photo spot if you were at the beach.

Peter Agatsiotis

18th March 2009, 04:51 PM

Nice to see over St Clair at 5.14pm on the Katoomba track. I was keeping an eye out with the radio on and most of the previous departures (TG996, BA16 and SQ222) had tracked via Richmond so very lucky that it came this way.

Nice clear reg under the wing.

Tim Bowrey

18th March 2009, 04:53 PM

Where did it depart too? I had Clearance Delivery on the whole time but didnt hear it. Callsign was "Sierra Delta Mike 5003" even though it was hard to understand them.

Nigel C

18th March 2009, 05:06 PM

They actually had pretty good english for a Russian crew. Then again, I do work with a Russian, so listening to that accent is something I'm quite used to!

Benny Zheng

18th March 2009, 06:42 PM

Plane departed for WIII. (Jakarta - Soekarno-Hatta International Airport)

matthew mcdonald

18th March 2009, 07:36 PM

My attempts for today:
A very nice looking plane inded.

Tim Bowrey

18th March 2009, 07:49 PM

Likewise.

Question for everyone. Matt and I were having an argument about its size. What is it better compared to? An A320 or 772 in size comparrison? McDonald kept going nuts saying it is tiny and the same size as an A320 Air Calin that was rolling through.

Grahame Hutchison

18th March 2009, 07:58 PM

More like an A300 / A310

Sam Chui

18th March 2009, 08:09 PM

Great photos Matt. Quite a surprise performance, thought the IL96 would rotate long and slow, it actually got up before the beach!!

Erik H. Bakke

18th March 2009, 09:03 PM

More like an A300 / A310

That's actually a very good comparison. It's a badly kept secret that they have got a lot of "inspiration" from the A300/A310 in this design. It's looks almost like a 4-engined A310.
But it's still got a very unmistakably Russian appearance.

Nigel C

18th March 2009, 09:45 PM

Likewise.

Question for everyone. Matt and I were having an argument about its size. What is it better compared to? An A320 or 772 in size comparrison? McDonald kept going nuts saying it is tiny and the same size as an A320 Air Calin that was rolling through.

B762 fuselage
A340 wings and engines
Tail...?

Gareth Forwood

18th March 2009, 10:02 PM

The IL-96 is actually closest in size to an A332/A333 or an A343 (in terms of length, at just under 60m). The stretched version (IL-96M - 64.7m) is much closer to a 772. That is if the info on Aerosite (http://www.aerosite.net) is accurate...

Mike W

19th March 2009, 06:23 AM

It looks to have a large Cargo capacity unless it's an illusion due to the shape and position of the nose/cockpit area.

Adam P.

19th March 2009, 02:33 PM

unless it's an illusion

***groan***

Stephen Brown

19th March 2009, 03:45 PM

An Ilyushin illusion no doubt..

It could be a mobile blood bank, then it would be a Transfusion Ilyushin illusion.

It could be mixed up, then it would be a confusion Ilyushin illusion.

It could interject, then it could be an intrusion Ilyushin illusion

Bernie P

19th March 2009, 07:58 PM

An Ilyushin illusion no doubt..

It could be a mobile blood bank, then it would be a Transfusion Ilyushin illusion.

It could be mixed up, then it would be a confusion Ilyushin illusion.

It could interject, then it could be an intrusion Ilyushin illusion

And if it thought it was a Boeing or Airbus, it would then be dilusion(al) Ilyushin illusion...??? No??