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#11
26th January 2010, 01:28 PM
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I found this photo just now and there is a B737 in the backround. Can anyone confirm if it is the same B737 you are thinking of?
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#13
26th January 2010, 02:42 PM
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what is the largest aircraft that has landed at Essendon?
I saw somewhere a Qantas 707 in 1960 that said it was taken at Essendon, but when considering the performance of the early turbojet 707's and the runway at Essendon, I find this unlikely.
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#15
26th January 2010, 10:59 PM
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I remember when LBJ visited the then Air Force 1 (a VC-137) landed at Essendon.
Whilst young at the time I remember reading in the Herald(or the Sun, or the Age) that AF-1 was the largest aircraft to have landed at Essendon up to that time. It is likely there were one or more C-141 supporting that trip but they may have landed at Laverton. That was October 1966 with the same scene repeated just before Christmas 1967 Cheers
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#17
27th January 2010, 03:38 PM
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After being pointed out to me by a very knowledgable person on the subject of aircraft into Essendon, that maybe an C-141 was not the largest aircraft into Essendon but an A-300 which made a very quick stop there while on a demostration tour of Australia during the 70,s.
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27th January 2010, 07:16 PM
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This is a list of aircraft visiting Melbourne in December 1967 for Harold Holt's Memorial Service and is reproduced with the permission of an aviation enthusiast legend :
USAF/MAC C-135B 24125 ; Essendon and Tullamarine USAF/MAC C-141A 70008 ; Essendon and Tullamarine USAF/MAC C-141A 50263 ; Essendon and Tullamarine US Of A VC-137A 86970 ; Essendon and Tullamarine US of A VC-137A 86972 ; Tullamarine 707-321B N434PA Pan American ; Essendon and Tullamarine 707-320 N354US Northwest Orient Airlines ; Avalon and Tullamarine RAF VC-10 XV105 ; Avalon and Tullamarine. Indonesian Air Force Jetstar T-9446 ; Avalon and Tullamarine Note that Tullamarine did not open officially until July 1 ’70. Previously in October ’66 US President Johnson (LBJ) arrived at Essendon with the following aircraft : US of A VC-135B 26000 707-331B N8725T of Trans World USAF/MAC C-141A 40629, 40630, 50223 and 50233
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27th January 2010, 07:42 PM
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Essendon Airport has a very colourful history.
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