Fly Me Friendly » Canberra http://blog.flymefriendly.com Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:09:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Tanker 10 at Avalon http://blog.flymefriendly.com/2010/01/tanker-10-at-avalon/ http://blog.flymefriendly.com/2010/01/tanker-10-at-avalon/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:16:23 +0000 Falcon124 http://blog.flymefriendly.com/?p=505
Tanker 10 with QF 747-400

Tanker 10 with QF 747-400

While returning from Nykolai’s scout camp I dropped into Avalon airport (YMAV) to check out Tanker 10, a converted DC10 that’s now used as a super-heavy water bomber. It’s parked in the keyhole and not easily viewed without a huge zoom lens, something I don’t have.

On the day I was there, a QANTAS 747-400 was also in the keyhole, possibly getting ready to depart after maintenance.

Over at Plane Crazy Down Under, we’re trying to get up closer to Tanker 10. If we do, I’ll be sure to get better images loaded here.

 

 

 

 

Canberra Gate Guardian

Canberra Gate Guardian

ex-VH-EBU

VH-EBU

While I was there, I also grabbed a few photos of Canberra A84-232, now parked as a gate guardian near the entrance. I also grabbed a photo of QANTAS’ last 747-300, ex VH-EBU. Once painted in the Aboriginal “Nalanji Dreaming” scheme, it is currently stripped of engines and remains as just a fuselage & wings painted a base blue colour with a red tail. It was being used to provide spares and keep the other 747-300′s running. Now that they’re gone, it is probably going to get parted out into scrap.

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