Spotting at YMML 17 Apr 10 [Pics]

[Ray P.]

A nice Saturday afternoon, spotting at Tulla. Hope you enjoy the pics:

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[Ray P.]

Here's some more pics:

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[Adam P.]

Wot no Saabs?? :mad:

[Ryan Hothersall]

Nice photos. Looks like you got nice weather compared to what I got when I was in MEL a few days earlier.

[Joseph Saragozza.]

great picture ray.
i like the JQ A330 one only cause my parents were on that flight;)

[Nigel C]

Wot no Saabs?? :mad:

Don't be precious now Adam. Not everyone has a fetish for Saabs like you do.;)

[Brendan Lawrence]

great picture ray.
i like the JQ A330 one only cause my parents were on that flight;)

... And I was crewing it. :D Sitting by the L4 door, visible in both shots.

[Matt_L]

Nice shots Ray.

Did you use a ladder on ops rd?

[Kurt A]

Not everyone has a fetish for Saabs like you do.;)

You just never know... a certain illustrious member of this forum may also share in this so called fetish, having recently completed his 2000th sector crewing onboard the birds :D Congratulations!

And Ray, super shots mate, and although against the run of light, I love the ones like your QF747, SQ777 and the latter Tiger shot.

[Joseph Saragozza.]

... And I was crewing it. :D Sitting by the L4 door, visible in both shots.

I thought it was you when you came through the int doors. ;)

[David M]

I enjoy flying on them, but would hardly call it a fetish... seems Mr P is alone on this one! :D:D

2000 sectors conpleted in 3 years and 2 weeks! Here's but a few of the stats from log book.

Flown - 359 410 miles
Pax - 45 622
Hours - 1385:55
Crew: 88 different captains, 142 different first officers.
a/c - 50 different Saabs.

David.M.

[Maikha Ly]

Adding my 2c here, absolutely awesome shots! My favourite is the one of Maliblue (6th Shot in the 2nd posting of photos), the lighting is just awesome that you can even see the Captain's Epaulettes and the passenger's faces! :D

[Chris B.]

...seems Mr P is alone on this one! :D:D

I agree Mr P might be alone as far as the fetish goes. :D Although would have liked to have seen at least ONE turboprop in there.

[Adam P.]

Spose I don't have to sit in 'em all day!

Just reminding everyone that there is more to the airline world than the heavy metal.

[Paul McFarlane]

Just reminding everyone that there is more to the airline world than the heavy metal.

Here in the sticks, SAAB's are heavy metal! :)

[Maikha Ly]

just reminding everyone that there is more to the airline world than the heavy metal.hear hear! :)

[Jamie D]

I thought it was you when you came through the int doors. ;)

i can confirm that Brendan was on that flight, as he crewed the jq36 on the flight to sydney i was on and i went up and said "are you the Brendan from YSSY FORUM?" Must be tough getting recognised everywhere you go mate. HAHA Was nice meeting you

[Ray P.]

Nice shots Ray.

Did you use a ladder on ops rd?

Actually Matt, I was standing on the roof of my Tarago. :eek: I wear soft shoes and keep to the edges so I don't leave any dents.

Thanks also to all for the kind comments. Actually, for the few hours that I was there it seemed that there was a distinct lack of Saabs. :)

[Brendan Lawrence]

i can confirm that Brendan was on that flight, as he crewed the jq36 on the flight to sydney i was on and i went up and said "are you the Brendan from YSSY FORUM?" Must be tough getting recognised everywhere you go mate. HAHA Was nice meeting you
Nice to meet you too Jamie. :) Yeah that was JQ36 to SYD on VH-EBC where I saw you, and then we returned to MEL on JQ35 with VH-EBA which is in Ray's photo. I'm sure a few of us from this board have crossed paths at times without even knowing it. This time you happened to come up and say hi and made this world seem a little bit smaller! :cool:

[Radi K]

Very Nice!

[Peter H.]

Ray

As a Sydneyite can you tell me where you were situated when getting all those great pics

Thanks

[Raymond Rowe]

They were taken from operations road around the back of tullamarine.this spot is best when they are using runway 34

[Ray P.]

Ray

As a Sydneyite can you tell me where you were situated when getting all those great pics

Thanks

They were taken from operations road around the back of tullamarine.this spot is best when they are using runway 34

Raymond is correct. I was situated alonside the golf club a couple of hundred metres from the club entrance on Operations Road.:)

[Ray P.]

Some more pics...

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[Martin Buzzell]

Would love to have these in original size!! A few would look good printed up and framed on the wall.

[Chris Q]

Agreed!!
Awesome shots - makes me want to buy a proper camera and go spotting!

[Raymond Rowe]

You get just as good maybe even better in sydney.

[Ray P.]

I'm sure you do, even better again from the 'In-n-Out' Burger Restaurant at LAX, but hey, this is a Melbourne spotting thread. :confused:

BTW, thanks Martin and Chris for your kind comments. Martin, if you PM me your email, I could probably send you some in original size, but they will be pretty big. :)

[Chris Q]

BTW, thanks Martin and Chris for your kind comments. Martin, if you PM me your email, I could probably send you some in original size, but they will be pretty big. :)

No worries!
the QF 738 is my fav pic so far!
Its funny looking at the Thai 777 - that livery is soooo out dated now!