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bernard smith 30th June 2008 11:02 AM

Just flew over the Harbour northbound, with one in tail.

Greg McDonald 30th June 2008 11:20 AM

Pretty boring stuff really...one pass then gone!! I thought it might have done a few passes at least.

Philip Argy 30th June 2008 11:45 AM

A few shots
 
It did three passes: one from south to north followed by two from east to west with a nice right bank over the Harbour Bridge and City.

I managed to grab a few shots with my pocket camera but only from a distance:

Adam P. 30th June 2008 12:59 PM

Go the black stuff!!! http://www.dmjwilliams.co.uk/images/...lies/drool.gif

Clarke P 30th June 2008 03:13 PM

I should read the board more often, was at the Quay at 11 and definately wasn't expecting it :eek:

Jethro H 30th June 2008 03:17 PM

I was lucky enough to be aboard for the last passenger flight.
Left Richmond at 1000, tracked to Williamtown and picked up the Hawk. A fly over of Williamtown, down the coast and lined up on 34R, wheels up fly over of Sydney, headed to the eastern side of the Harbour Bridge and did 3 different circuits then home to Richmond by 1130hrs. The Hawk stayed along side all the way getting some nice tracking shots (we hope).

ABC and Channel 10 should be running a story tonight.

Boarding the plane with the specially painted tail:
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...astflight1.jpg

On the return, the KC10 who had been stuck at Richmond for two weeks under repair had just started to push back and went home:
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...astflight3.jpg

Nigel C 30th June 2008 04:51 PM

The yanks in the KC-10 must have thought it pretty funny that we've got an aircraft retiring after only 29 years service to the nation!:D

Stephen Brown 30th June 2008 05:24 PM

Channel 10 just promoted the story as:-

"And a startling sight over Sydney, a fighter jet chasing a passenger plane"

with vision underneath.

My God!! What a way to stir up paranoia. An historic occasion reduced to misguided sensationalism.

Matt N. 30th June 2008 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen Brown (Post 7894)
Channel 10 just promoted the story as:-

"And a startling sight over Sydney, a fighter jet chasing a passenger plane"

You think that was good, read Sydney Morning Heralds account. It won me over with the quote, "it was terrifying".

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...677902873.html

Jethro H 30th June 2008 05:48 PM

We sort of had a laugh to think what people thought on the ground after the fly-past of Sydney.

A four engine jet with a blue tail jet on approach... does not land, then heads straight towards the CBD.... with a fighter along side.

With the government promoting the anti-terror hotline recently too!


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