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Aircraft in Western Australia

Prior to Perth Airport opening, aircraft used a landing field at Maylands and also at Langley Park in Perth city. The current Perth Airport commenced commercial operations in 1945 although the site had been used by the military prior to then. In those days it was known as the Guildford Aerodrome. Horrie Miller moved his MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA) from Maylands to Guildford in 1948, followed by Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) at the end of the same year


 
 
 

Beverley

Across the road from the Beverley Town Hall on Vincent Street is this Aero Museum. Photo - September 2010

 

Bunbury

At the Bunbury airport, this is VH-DUQ. "Ballidu" is written at the top of the tail. The flag below appears to be that of Spain. This is an Air Tractor AT802 and is fitted out for spraying fire retardants on bush fires. Photo - July 2015

 

Cunderdin

This replica Tiger Moth (known as 'Chum's Tiger Moth'), was constructed by a group of Cunderdin enthusiasts in recognition of the role the town played through its Elementary Flying School which provided flying tuition to up to 2,000 airmen in the World War Two years. Photo - June 2011

 

Jandakot

Light aircraft parked at Jandakot Airport in the winter sunshine. Photo - June 2010

 

Jandakot

Many light aircraft at Jandakot Airport sit tethered and quiet on a Sunday. Photo - June 2010

 

Jarrahdale

At Millbrook Winery in Jarrahdale today where three helicopters. This one pictured is a Robinson Helicopter model RAA II aircraft, VH-NFL. Bell Helicopter VH-RTO sporting red livery was parked alongside. Another painted black was not far away. Photo - October 2015

 

Northam

A few kilometres east of Northam I saw this hot-air balloon making a low pass over the stubble in this paddock. It was only around 7.30am on a crisp Sunday winter morning but the enthusiasts were out in force. There were three or four balloons in the sky that I saw this morning and probably many that I didn't. Photo - June 2011

 

Perth

Looking from the viewing deck at Perth International Airport. Here's a Singapore Airlines plane getting loaded and fueled and ready to return to Singapore. Photo - October 2008

 

Perth

Qantas Boeing 767 at Perth Airport Domestic Terminal being pushed back in readiness for its direct flight to Brisbane. Photo - October 2011

 

Perth

Boeing 777 flight EK423 taxi-ing to the southern end of the main runway ready for take-off. This picture is taken from the new viewing area. The best viewing time here is when aircraft are landing from the south so before you go, check out the local wind direction. Photo - July 2013

 

Perth

Boeing 777 9V-SRN flight SQ226 turning onto the runway. Seconds later this plane took off bound for Changi Airport, Singapore. Photo - July 2013

 

Perth

Malaysia Airlines 9M-MTC seen arriving at 2.59PM on Sunday 21st July from Kuala Lumpur. You'd totally miss this spectacle if planes were landing from the north. Photo - July 2013

 

Perth

VH-XFC Virgin Airlines on its final landing approach from the south over Cannington. Photo - October 2013

 

Perth

A recently arrived Air Asia aircraft at rest at the International Terminal. This looks like an Airbus A320. Photo - December 2013

 

Perth

China Southern is the most recently added international carrier to service Perth. The flights started about 18 months ago. B-6526 A330 arrived about 20 minutes ago, at 6.00 am on its direct service from Guangzhou. Photo - December 2013

 

Perth

Cathay Pacific Airbus 330 flight CX137 arrives 10 minutes early at 6.20 am completing its direct service from Hong Kong on 6 December, 2013. The aircraft is taxi-ing towards the gate. Photo - December 2013

 

Perth

Air Mauritius 3B-NBL Airbus A330-202 at Perth Terminal shortly after its arrival from Port Louis, Mauritius. Photo - August 2015

 

Perth

Thai International HS-TQB Boeing 787-8 being unloaded on completion of its direct flight from Bangkok. Photo - August 2015

 

Perth

VH-VGH Airbus A320-232, leased and operated by Jetstar, awaits provisioning for its flight to Malaysia. Photo - August 2015

 

Perth

South African flight 7562 direct from Johannesburg arrives on time at 12.15pm on Sunday 9th July 2017. Today aircraft are landing from the south. This is ZS-SXC, an Airbus A340-313. Photo - July 2017

 

Perth

Qantaslink Boeing 717 VH-NXM arriving. This is flight QF6202 direct from Canberra. Photo - July 2017

 

Perth

Singapore Airlines 9V-SVC arrives on it's flight from Singapore. This is a Boeing 777-212(ER). The flight is SQ226. Photo - July 2017

 

Perth

Ehitad flight 486 direct flight from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, arriving at about 1.50pm. This aircraft is A6-BLL, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Photo - July 2017

 

Perth

Qantaslink Boeing 717-23S taxi-ing for its flight QF1904 to Karratha. This is VH-NXD. It departed 16 minutes late at 2.10pm. Photo - July 2017

 

Perth

Air Mauritius on the eastern taxi-way making its way to the southern end of the main runway. A few minutes later flight MK441 departed for Port Louis. The aircraft is 3B-NBL, an Airbus 330-202. Photo - July 2017

 

Perth

Here is Alliance flight QQ201 arriving direct from Newman at 1.30pm. The aircraft is a Fokker F100, VH-XWT. Photo - July 2017

 

Perth

Cobham Aviation flight NC1995 arrives from Barrow Island at 1.20pm. This aircraft is an Embraer ERJ-190LR and the registration is VH-NJA. Photo - July 2017

 

Perth

Jetstar VH-VQF, an Airbus A320-232 arriving from Denpassar, Bali. Photo - July 2017

 

Perth

Qantas direct flight from Sydney arrives at 1.15pm. The details of the aircraft are Airbus 330-202 VH-EBQ. Photo - July 2017

 

Perth

Air New Zealand flight NZ175 arriving from Auckland. This is ZK-NZI which is a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The flight arrived slightly early today at 2.16pm. AirNZ used to be known as Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) and flight numbers were then prefixed with TE. One thing that has not changed is the Tiki on the tail. Photo - July 2017

 

Perth

Malaysia flight MH121 arrives at 2.23pm. The flight originated in Kota Kinabalu which is the capital of Sabah State in East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. This aircraft is 9M-MXJ, a Boeing 737-8H6. Photo - July 2017


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