A few photos from today...

[Guest Jake.f]

Went for a drive into town today and Took the camera, timed it perfectly with both QantasLink and Virgin coming into land within minutes of each other! No light aircraft around though, was a bit windy.

 

No prizes for guessing where this was...

 

QantasLink, a Dash 8 Q400. Registered VH-QOS

 

 

 

 

 

Virgin Blue (Soon not to be Virgin Blue anymore...), an Embraer 190, Registered VH-ZPE

 

 

 

 

 

(Just noticed the large dust dot under the tip of left wing here, means it's time to get the lens or sensor cleaned :thumb_down: )

 

 

Thanks for looking.

 

 

[Owi]

Niiice, mate. You're so lucky to have such a view nearby. Can't get shots like that at my nearby YSSY.

 

PS: obvious where this is as your sig box gives it away!

 

 

[Guernsey]

Did anyone notice on the first few photos that the prop positions were almost in sync with each other.

 

 

[Guest Jake.f]

Yes it is a good spot for taking photos. Pity that it is very rare to have both airlines fly in at once!

 

In regards to the optical illusion, this was taken from a rather high hill with a telephoto lens, and because telephotos lenses have the effect of compressing the background it appears this way. You can't actually see the beginning of the runway from where I was because of the trees, wish they would trim them a bit!

 

I didn't notice about the props being in sync until you mentioned it... Strange.

 

 

[Guest Andys@coffs]

..... Pity that it is very rare to have both airlines fly in at once!.....

Hmm not that rare, occurs multiple times a day, where QL and VB are within 10mins of each other from schedule, doesnt take that much to delay the earlier by 10 min's.

 

There were no lighty's atound today, cause they were all up at South Grafton, including the Coffs based parachutist with VH-EIZ as the drop plane.

 

Most twins have a sync capability where the RPM's of one engine are finely adjusted so that there is no difference between the engines. Where there is a difference you end up with a beat frequency (RPM1-RPM2 = Beat frequency) that will annoy the hell out of the self loading cargo. That said, I dont think its good enough to ensure the blades are at almost exactly the same location at any point of time. Call it a fluke

 

Andy

 

 

[.Evan.]

Nice work Jake! What lens you using there? 200mm, 300mm?

 

 

[Guest Jake.f]

You may get the two airlines at once, but a large gap between flights, and there is always the chance they could be using o3...

 

It was a 250mm lens. Most of them are cropped to some extent.

 

 

[Gnarly Gnu]

Nice Jake!

 

Anyone know what rate of climb the big birds typically use....?

 

PS Is Virgin Blue changing its name?

 

 

[.Evan.]

I think this might shed a little light, GG:

 

http://australianaviation.com.au/2010/06/virgin-blue-set-for-identity-change/

 

 

[Guest Jake.f]

They should be becoming 'Virgin Australia' on Wednesday, and adopting a new logo and paint scheme for their aircraft.

 

EDIT: That link doesn't apply to this re-branding (Note the date, June last year). Read through this thread: http://yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=6365 if you want enlightenment on the subject.

 

 

[sseeker]

Nice Jake!Anyone know what rate of climb the big birds typically use....?

 

PS Is Virgin Blue changing its name?

The maximum possible climb rate in a Boeing 737-800NG is 4000fpm. That's the only bigger A/C I know the climb rate of. Obviously this was done in ISA conditions.

 

-Andrew