2014 a year in review.

[Jaryd stock]

So for the past couple of years couple of the boys have got together to highlight the best movements of the previous year. Compared to other years when you look back 2014 was jam packed full of stuff for YSSY and surrounding areas not to mention G20 in Brisbane, and MH370 search and rescue aircraft deploying from Airports and Bases in Western Australia.

But closer to home we couldn't complain it was a great year with some unique movements that you will never see here in Sydney again, E-4 and IL-76* come to mind. Also Kurt Ams did a great Job to help organise another Spotters weekend and huge thanks must go to him and SACL for allowing some diehard aviation enthusiasts out in the middle for a couple of hours.

So here is just a snap shot of the year that was please feel free to post great images of stuff that i have forgotten about.

*(type as it was a MA one of the earliest off the production line)

We said goodbye to United's 744's....
[IMG]United 747-422 N116UA by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

And said hello to there 772's....
[IMG]United 777-200 N229UA by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

Some new Livery's for us to capture...
[IMG]yssy6 by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]AirCalin A330 F-OJSE by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Phoenix Air Asia, A330-300 9M-XXT by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]QantasLink 717, VH-YQW. by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

And we bid farewell to Yananyi...
[IMG]Qantas 737-838 VH-VXB by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]


TO BE CONTINUED.....

[Jaryd stock]

Air New Zealand welcomed their 787-9 into service with YSSY the first post of call from AKL....
[IMG]Air New Zealand 787-9 ZK-NZE by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]
Air New Zealand 787-9 ZK-NZF by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr

And we had some Russians come bearing gifts....
[IMG]212th Russian Special Detachment, IL-76MA by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]AN-124-100 by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

The Airbus A350-900 stopped by on its XWB world tour....
[IMG]Airbus A350XWB F-WWYB by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

TO BE CONTINUED.....

[Jaryd stock]

We had new airlines start revenue services...

[IMG]Cebu Pacific A330-200 by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

But things started to get serious from August onwards towards the end of the year as was mentioned we had the A350 arrive and it just kept getting better...
Different C-17's were here...

[IMG]C-17 RAAF by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Royal Airforce C-17 ZZ174 by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]AA by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]C-17_1185 by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Jaryd stock]

And due to AUSMIN talks between Australian and G20 up in Brisbane we did get our fair share of traffic for those weeks... With the highlight of two E-4B's which is half the fleet in USAF service Based at Offut AFB Nebraska it's rumoured these will be retired towards the end of 2015 but no official announcement has been made to confirm this.

[IMG]E-4B by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]A by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]yssy25 by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]TC-ATA Gulf 4? by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]yssy26 by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Air China 737 by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Gabon Government 777-200 by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

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And then Retro Roo arrived to everyones delight.....

[IMG]Retro Roo Qantas 737-838, VH-XZP. by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]


But as the last 737-800 was delivered so was the wind up to some great types of aircraft in the Qantas inventory.....

[IMG]Qantas VH-OJA, 747-438 'City of Canberra' by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

And the last flight by the 767 on the 27th of December as flight QF767 touched down at YSSY at 6:58pm for it's final revenue service.

[IMG]yssy34 by Jaryd Stock Photography, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Bernie P]

Whilst still in the NSW (ok, so its the ACT, but....) we also had the following... I 'may' have made a few trips down to YSCB!!

JA788A ANA B77W 35 YSCB-2274 by A u s s i e P o m m, on Flickr


T22-1 Spanish A310-304 YSCB-0872 by A u s s i e P o m m, on Flickr


JSDF 20-1101 35 YSCB-6246 by A u s s i e P o m m, on Flickr


JSDF 20-1102 B744-6276 by A u s s i e P o m m, on Flickr


RA-74013 AN-74-200 35 YSCB-6410 by A u s s i e P o m m, on Flickr


RA-74013 AN-74-200 35 YSCB-6419 by A u s s i e P o m m, on Flickr


A7-BAI QR B77W 35 YSCB-7686 by A u s s i e P o m m, on Flickr


A7-BAI QR B77W 35 YSCB-7701 by A u s s i e P o m m, on Flickr