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Did the Crown Prince and his entourage really require two 747s? Given that Tonga has no B747 capable runway*, I assume they left their aircraft here and went to Tonga on smaller aircraft?
*based on this old table from an Asian Development Bank report, so I may be out of date: Quote:
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Philip,
Quote:
http://yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=1141&page=2
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I suspect that VH-VHD was doing a Sydney/Canberra/Melbourne milk run bringing Australian visitors home from the new King's coronation rather than something specifically linked to the Japanese Crown Prince and his entourage. But the Tonga departure was well spotted anyway, Grahame!
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I'm told the A319 DID take the Japanese Crown Prince to Tonga and back.
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Happy to stand corrected - thanks for the info, Andrew.
Who then did it take to CBR and MEL?
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possibility - the emabssy staff to Canberra, and then back home to MEL
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Logged both of these aircraft on my SBS radar using the callsign 'JAF001' and 'JAF002'
30-Jul 17:42 87C000 20-1101 B744 ENR JAF001 30-Jul 18:40 87C001 20-1102 B744 ENR JAF002 03-Aug 10:57 87C000 20-1101 B744 ENR JAF001 03-Aug 11:27 87C001 20-1102 B744 ENR JAF002 |
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