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(Del 12/02) climbing out off Rwy 25 mid afternoon as CX100 home to Hong Kong. There is just nothing quite like seeing something so big depart of such a short runway! Winds at the time were 260-280 degrees and above 30kts!

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B-HQA - Airbus A340-642 - Cathay Pacific Airways

AN888 B-HQA
3,933 2 0 Airbus A340-642
B-HQA - Airbus A340-642 - Cathay Pacific Airways

The A340-600s were relatively short-lived at Cathay Pacific, having been delivered in 2002/2003 (via lease from ILFC), they were phased out by 2008 and went to Hainan Airlines thereafter

Mohit S. Purswani B-HQA
2,224 1 0 Airbus A340-642
B-HQA - Airbus A340-642 - Cathay Pacific Airways

Tony Kao B-HQA
3,585 0 0 Airbus A340-642

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VH-EBG - Airbus A330-203 - Qantas

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128 0 0 Airbus A330-203
OH-LTS - Airbus A330-302 - Finnair

OH-LTS arrived into Sydney for the very first time as QF6170

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A44-220 - Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

'Buckshot 31' in the pitch for a left downwind on Rwy 33

Craig Murray A44-220
3,101 6 0 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet
VH-VXA - Boeing 737-838 - Qantas

"Broome" (Del 1/02) on short final for Rwy 01 as QF626 from Melbourne

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5,173 3 0 Boeing 737-838
83-0079 - McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

(Built 1983) looking absolutely awesome while climbing away from Rwy 01 as Reach 7E1 to Honolulu

Craig Murray 83-0079
6,367 2 0 McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender

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Sep 14, 2003

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(Del 12/02) climbing out off Rwy 25 mid afternoon as CX100 home to Hong Kong. There is just nothing quite like seeing something so big depart of such a short runway! Winds at the time were 260-280 degrees and above 30kts!

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Nikon D7200 | Nikkor 55-300 Show Exif data
B-HQA - Airbus A340-642 - Cathay Pacific Airways

AN888 B-HQA
3,933 2 0 Airbus A340-642
B-HQA - Airbus A340-642 - Cathay Pacific Airways

The A340-600s were relatively short-lived at Cathay Pacific, having been delivered in 2002/2003 (via lease from ILFC), they were phased out by 2008 and went to Hainan Airlines thereafter

Mohit S. Purswani B-HQA
2,224 1 0 Airbus A340-642
B-HQA - Airbus A340-642 - Cathay Pacific Airways

Tony Kao B-HQA
3,585 0 0 Airbus A340-642
VH-OQI - Airbus A380-842 - Qantas

Tzeman Kenny Ho VH-OQI
81 1 0 Airbus A380-842
VH-EBG - Airbus A330-203 - Qantas

John Yu VH-EBG
128 0 0 Airbus A330-203
OH-LTS - Airbus A330-302 - Finnair

OH-LTS arrived into Sydney for the very first time as QF6170

John Yu OH-LTS
162 0 0 Airbus A330-302
A44-220 - Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet - Australia - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

'Buckshot 31' in the pitch for a left downwind on Rwy 33

Craig Murray A44-220
3,101 6 0 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet
VH-VXA - Boeing 737-838 - Qantas

"Broome" (Del 1/02) on short final for Rwy 01 as QF626 from Melbourne

Craig Murray VH-VXA
5,173 3 0 Boeing 737-838
83-0079 - McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

(Built 1983) looking absolutely awesome while climbing away from Rwy 01 as Reach 7E1 to Honolulu

Craig Murray 83-0079
6,367 2 0 McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender
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