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January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:37 am
by numloxx
Please place all WA Aircraft sightings for Jan, Feb and March 2009 in this thread. Thanks.

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:45 pm
by Helitak_670
2 AW139's at Perth airport on taxyway romeo

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:19 pm
by numloxx
Arrived as ZK-HUL and ZK-NZF, changing regos to VH-NZE and VH-NZF respectively

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:30 pm
by written_ficton
Nice Krestal doing low flyovers over langley park....

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:53 pm
by gkoutlis
written_ficton wrote:Nice Krestal doing low flyovers over langley park....

Is this a Chopper?

G

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:30 pm
by Nafenn
IFR Cessna 402C spotted at YPJT (approx 1145).

Opperated by Goldfields Air Services - Private Charter from Kalgoolrie.

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:36 pm
by written_ficton
gkoutlis wrote:
written_ficton wrote:Nice Krestal doing low flyovers over langley park....

Is this a Chopper?

G
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankeen_Kestrel

Beautiful thing, from what I saw... she just glides

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:08 pm
by numloxx
We have a family of them in the NJS Hanger, lovely creatures.

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:24 pm
by written_ficton
numloxx wrote:We have a family of them in the NJS Hanger, lovely creatures.
Would appreciate some pictures if your able?

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:52 pm
by dlcat1
Spent one summer studing them in Canberra. I love the way they hover-flap then glide.

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:26 am
by yorky
Saw an aircraft similar too a Hawker 800 taking off this morning, can be seen on the flight tracker from 0815 out to Karratha.

It was hauling ass across the sky that's for sure. It was clear of the metro area above 10000ft within 4 minutes which by my calculations is at least 2500ft/min by the time it hit the coast from a west departure.

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:42 am
by orangepeel
2500fpm is a fairly standard rate of climb for most jets - either in the 1st, 2nd segment and after the 4th segment on departure. As you could imagine - the rate of climb backs off whilst cleaning up.

It depends on a lot of factors the rate of climb - load on board, depends on whether rated or assumed temp was used, ambient temp, speed flown on climb, current winds and most of the time - the sid flown and atc requirments.

the 800 is a nice aircraft and very capable - there are a few of them running around the skies.

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:43 pm
by Nafenn
channel 7 chopper was doing some training ops at ypjt.

Was in the helicopter training area cutting off aircraft in the circuit.

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:31 pm
by Infernal
Boeing 727 REG N727VJ parked on bay 56 arrived friday morning leaves on the 2nd

Owned by Kingfisher Airlines

Emeriates to start Boeing 777-200LR flights into perth from 2nd

Re: January, February, March 2009 Sightings

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:02 am
by Infernal
Tuesday Night saw a Malaysian 747 Freighter in on bay 50 loaded with horses

Wednesday Night we saw a Singapore Airlines 747 Freighter on bay 50 Horses again from Auckland