VH-OEB F1 Fly By Today

[Grahame Hutchison]

Did OEB do the F1 Grand Prix fly by today ?

VH-OEB QF6620 27/03/2011 15:34 Qantas B747-48E Sydney-Melbourne-Sydney
VH-OEB QF6620 27/03/2011 17:35 Qantas B747-48E Sydney-Melbourne-Sydney

On final to YSSY Runway 16R at 1800L.

[Fred C]

Yes it did.

[Brendan Lawrence]

Got down as low as 375 ft according to PlaneFinder at the time... This time they did the fly-by in a gear-down config... And a lot more time spent doubling-back over the track than the A380 last year.

[Jakef]

I was watching the TV coverage of this, they didn't even show it!
They showed about 2 seconds of it on approach, another shot where you could hear but not see the aircraft, and about 2 seconds of it leaving.
Not happy!

[Sarah C]

I saw 10's "coverage" - fair dinkum, poor camera angles except for the overhead shot, but then having some guy interviewing people all through it and only showing a few seconds. It can't be that difficult to show it for 60 seconds?

[chrisb]

I was lucky enough to be under it and it was the most impressive commercial-jet flyby i've seen - at least 3 loops in various configurations.

[Ray P.]

3 loops? Now that's impressive. :D

[Andi O]

375ft and the pilot will have some explaining to do!
Nah some very nice fly bys in perfect Melbourne sunshine.
Was concerned that my view point from pit straight wouldn't produce the goods, but Captn Kangaroo certainly did the right thing by us with some impressive banking.

[Paul f.]

Got down as low as 375 ft according to PlaneFinder at the time... This time they did the fly-by in a gear-down config... And a lot more time spent doubling-back over the track than the A380 last year.375ft:eek: it would have flown into the highrises that are around that area, maybe 1375ft.

[Jon Sant]

Some one put this video on Youtube i think the need to learn a little about aircraft type
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5itrXhqZxcA
not a good video but the title made me smile
i wish it was 375ft

[Brendan Lawrence]

Ah yes Paul, didn't really think about that altitude realistically as I typed it - 375 METRES is what I would have seen on PlaneFinder. And attached here is a screenshot of its path as mapped by WebTrak - and it shows an altitude of approx 370 m.

[Shayne G]

Some one put this video on Youtube i think the need to learn a little about aircraft type
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5itrXhqZxcA
not a good video but the title made me smile
i wish it was 375ft

Not only that, one of the 'top rated comments' correcting the aircraft type says VH-OEB is a '747-400ER' :rolleyes: :D

[Paul f.]

Ah yes Paul, didn't really think about that altitude realistically as I typed it - 375 METRES is what I would have seen on PlaneFinder. And attached here is a screenshot of its path as mapped by WebTrak - and it shows an altitude of approx 370 m. Hi Brendan,I thought it might have been metres. Cheers,Paul

[Nigel C]

My only shot of it from Turn 12. This photo proudly brought to you by Contex...

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x82/Kiska2/F1Qantasflyover.jpg

[Darren Butterworth]

Here are a few of mine.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5571017720/sizes/z/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5571018278/sizes/z/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5571018568/sizes/z/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5570429669/sizes/z/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5570430127/sizes/z/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5571019348/sizes/z/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5570430553/sizes/l/in/photostream/
http://flic.kr/p/9uhVtE

[Darren Butterworth]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5571017720_55a00a5f2a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5571017720/)

[Darren Butterworth]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5296/5571018278_3fbdb22a27_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5571018278/)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5178/5571018568_60c797e6c3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5571018568/)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5570429669_6d8d850109_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5570429669/)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/5570430127_6de8fb368b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5570430127/)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5296/5571019348_c082299cbd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5571019348/)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5570430553_e3556d0b79_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5570430553/)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5053/5571019974_a014694497_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5571019974/)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5055/5570431289_15041f65aa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenbu/5570431289/)

[Mike W]

Thanks for reminding me Darren, what a beautiful aircraft the 747 is.