F/A-18F Super Hornets at Riverfire 2012

Now that I've got some more spare time on my hands, I've been able to catch up on some editing. Including putting together a little montage of the footage I took of the RAAF Super Hornets fly overs, during the Riverfire festival in Brisbane, back in September this year.

Check out the link below, to treat your ears to the sweet sound of jet engines at low altitude :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oS8wfLgSQPQ

Footage taken on Canon 600D, with Canon 90-300mm f5.6 lens.

Unfortunately I didn't have a tripod with me. There was no room to set it up, as it was so packed at Southbank. 

Enjoy!

Brisbane Airport Spotting - 26th November 2012

G'day all,

I was lucky enough to get out to do some spotting with a mate at Brisbane Airport at the end of November. Have been a bit busy, so haven't had a chance to get photos up till now.

Here's two of the bigger birds I captured.

Thai Airways - Boeing 777-3D7 - HS-TKC

Singapore Airways - Airbus A330-343E  -  9V-STB

And here's one of the smaller planes of the day. 

A Skytrans Dash 8, reg. VH-QQK

Was a good arvo, and look forward to getting back out there again ASAP!

Cheers.

Royals Visit - Bizjet

As many of you all know, there has been a royal visit in the past few days to Australia, and more importantly, it has brought some nice planes with it.

I was lucky enough to capture this Canadair CL640 Challenger A37-001 owned by the RAAF on Monday the 5th of November. It was heading to Brisbane airport, most likely carrying part of the royal entourage.

About five minutes before this aircraft flew over, another royal related aircraft flew over, in the form of a Cessna Citation. Unfortunately I didn't have time to grab the camera for that.

But I hope you can enjoy this image instead!

Gold Coast 600

G'day once again,

I recently ventured to the Gold Coast on October 19th, to see some of the qualifying and practice for the Gold Coast 600 race. 

The practice day is considerably cheaper than race days! :P

I had a great day listening to the ear meltingly loud V8 Supercars, as well as other support categories. My favourite being the Aussie GT series, which featured Audi R8s, a Lamborghini Gallardo, and two chrome silver Mercedes Benz SLSs. With their 6.3 litre V8s, they were probably the loudest cars of the day!

And obviously, it's not the Gold Coast 600 without a few promo girls :P

Here's a couple of pics...enjoy.

View from Mt Coot-tha

Hello Again!

Went to Mt Coot-tha lookout point in Brisbane yesterday afternoon, and got some pics of the lovely views. A little bit smoggy due to burn offs at this time of year, but still some great views to be had. 

This pic shows Brisbane's CBD, with a Thai Airways Boeing 777 flying over, after taking off from Brisbane airport. It was heading back to Bangkok as TG474.

Lamborghinis...and a Hot Blonde

While I may be interested in planes, there are quite a few other things that take my fancy. Like say, some Lamborghinis, and a hot blonde babe named Chelsea for instance. 

Here's a few pics from the RACQ motorfest that was held at Eagle Farm Racecourse on the 15th of July. They had a great display of Lamborghinis this year, including the three pictured here. 

(From top to bottom) We see the current top of the range model, the Aventador LP700 ($860,000). 

The 1980s poster car, the Countach.

And the cheapest current range model, the Gallardo LP550-2 ($450,00).

Overall a great day drooling over awesome cars, and chatting with hot babes :)

RAAF Wedgetail at Marcoola

Been a bit inactive lately on the ol' blog. Sorry about that. Been busy with many things, one of which was appearing in a feature film, which was pretty cool. 

Anyway, here's an image I was lucky enough to snap while having a holiday at Marcoola, on the Sunshine Coast in QLD. This RAAF Wedgetail flew over Sunshine Coast Airport in the afternoon on the 5th of July. A pretty cool looking plane to say the least. 

Never to be seen again...

An Air Australia A320 (VH-YQC) heading for Brisbane Airport back on the 31st of January this year. Taken on a gloomy day, that reflects what would happen to the airline just a few weeks later. Such a pity, not a bad livery on the aircraft.

B747 and Cessna Sequence

A sequence of images, showing a Cessna 172 pass beneath the beautiful Boeing 747. Taken back in February this year, at Coopers Plains.

Boeing 747-438

Boeing 747-438 

VH-OJG

Qantas

Flying over Coopers Plains, on April 21st at 3:45pm.

F/A-18 Super Hornets Flyover ANZAC Day

A picture taken from King George Square in Brisbane this morning, as two RAAF F/A-18 Super Hornets fly over to commence the ANZAC day march through the streets of Brisbane. There were two flyovers, one at 10am, and one at 11am. The jets were flying below 500 feet, and it was quite an impressive fly by.

My first photo that I'm uploading, is one that has already had international exposure. It has appeared in a range of UK, and other international newspapers. It was taken on the 1st of February 2012, from my backyard here at Coopers Plains. It was a very lucky shot, and not something that happens all the time. The planes were about 1800 feet apart, with the 747 making its ILS approach to Brisbane Airport (BNE), and the Cessna doing a training flight at 1000 feet, having taken off from Archerfield Airport.

Boeing 747-438

VH-OEG

Cessna 172N Skyhawk

VH-LFV

Hello and Welcome...

Thought I may as well create a blog, and share my interest of plane spotting and photography. I'll be posting pictures of planes, mostly ones that fly over my house in Coopers Plains in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. I hope you have a pleasant flight.