Republic of Bulgaria: Lz-btz tu-154m

[Simon C]

Just arrived into Darwin is TU-154 LZ-BTZ Bulgaria Gov. Will continue to Canberra in about 20-30 mins. Callsign "BULG 001".

[Jeff Gilbert]

Thanks for the heads up Simon

[Lee G]

For the Sydney Spotters - will be arriving Sydney on Friday, departing Saturday - No timings as yet.

[Peter Agatsiotis]

This a/c visited SYD in OCT 2000 for the Olympics.

[Lee G]

Anyone have any further details or times on this one?

[lloyd fox]

Leaves around 10am Saturday .

[Lee G]

Thanks Lloyd,

Any arrival time SYD or did it arrive yesterday?( Read in e-papers that the VIP on board spoke in SYD last night)

[Greg Wood]

Inbound to YSSY NOW ETA: 00.03 UTC ex: Canberra as flight 'BULG001'

[Sarah C]

I can see it - it is in the GA area, anyone around the area should get a good photo of it and the CA 747.

[Lee G]

Really tough conditions to shoot photos in - the mound was just heat haze out to the runway and anything outside of 150 metres is basically unusable :(

Anyone contemplating an early morning or night shot would be on the money.

Best effort was this one -

http://www.jetphotos.net/img/1/2/4/6/33340_1256877642.jpg

[Benny Zheng]

BULG001 departing at 1010 to WADD.

[Mark T]

It was worth getting up early to take a photo in the early morning light.

Cheers
Mark

[Sam Chui]

And here is Bulgaria 1 on takeoff from Rwy 34L at 10am for Denpasar

She was very clean, not much smoke trail.

[Gareth Forwood]

Top shots Sam, your vantage point avoided all the heat haze that we got on the ground!!! Cheers for posting them up!

[Jayden Laing]

Ahhh Sam your always in the right spot at the right time. How do you do it???:D