An early morning jaunt to Australia’s culture capital Earlier this month I made my first trip of 2022, a day trip to Melbourne, beginning with a very early morning QantasLink 717 to Tullamarine. You can check out my previous QantasLink 717 trip report here. Flight Details Airline QantasLink Aircraft Type Boeing 717-200 Registration VH-NXE Aircraft […]
Flying on the first scheduled Qantas flight from Hobart to Adelaide After being forced to cancel yet another trip due to Covid, I took the opportunity to book my first trip to Adelaide, on the first Qantaslink flight, operated by Alliance Airlines on one of their brand new (second hand) Embraer E190s. Flight Details Airline […]
Every airline, livery, and aircraft I’ve photographed at HBA Although I do intend to do a complete run down of all of Hobart’s Covid related special visitors at a later date, this post will be more of a personal record of my sightings at Hobart. As such, I have included some lower quality photos from […]
How to get here and what to do when you are At first glance, my home state of Tasmania is, well, a bit dry for the average aviation enthusiast, but when you take a bit of a closer look, Australia’s island state is home to a rich variety of airlines, aircraft and airstrips. From the […]
Flying on the last of the Maddogs back home After flying up the morning prior on a Rex Saab 340, and a day of sightseeing & planespotting it was time for me to fly back home, this time on board a QantasLink Boeing 717-200. My first time in many years on a 717, having previously […]
Settling into the new normal at HBA Despite the absence of any particularly unusual arrivals this week, I still managed to photograph five aircraft I haven’t had the opportunity to before, as well as finally getting to see a QantasFreight departure! Formerly Virgin Samoa’s sole aircraft, from March 2015, to the end of the airline […]
Some really, really unexpected visitors Welcome to the first spotting update of 2021! What a phenomenal week of spotting we’ve had at Hobart Airport to start off the year too! As well as the continuation of the Cathay Pacific cargo flights to Hong Kong, there have been a few surprising arrivals, although I didn’t catch […]
Retro Roo, and a 717 too! My sole airport visit this week was mid afternoon on Sunday, primarily to photograph the Qantas Boeing 737 wearing the scheme adapted from their livery used throughout the 70s and early 80s, a livery I have wanted to see for quite some time. I arrived just in time to […]
A few interesting airframes, and a special visitor With the second Link Airways flight to Hobart and one of the first QantasLink services since the resumption of flights last week, I decided to head over to the airport for a bit of planespotting last Sunday. All photos unless stated otherwise were taken from the hill […]