The Departure lounge
Boarding commenced on time and I was one of the first to board
October 22, 2011
Virgin Australia (operated by Skywest)
DJ1188
PQQ-SYD
VH-FVH AT72 “Four Mile Beach”
Seat 9A
Boarding!
Onboard in Seat 9A with Josh in 8A, I counted just over 30 people onboard
Backtracking RWY03
Lining up
And were up!
Left turn
Port Macquarie Airport
Port Macquarie!
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Was a very smooth flight, complementary snack and drink was offered, the snack was cheese and biscuits. I just had an orange juice. Again, some fantastic views inflight! On descent, saw Bondi Beach and thought we were too high for RWY16R/L and then we had a steep right turn and when we levelled out we were passing Sydney! Looked fantastic, a lot better than in the morning!
Sydney
We were too low for RWY34R/L so I thought we must be heading for RWY07! First time for me using the cross runway at Sydney.
Turning finals over Bankstown! Fantastic view!
Short finals
Two United B744s (N117UA old livery and N119UA new livery)
Thai and Virgin Atlantic A340-600s
