Todd M

I could see you in those old aviators goggles there Chainy, with the entertainer playing in the background!

Hello All, I am with my mum which is cool, and as for the language barrier, I know a few　phrases that get me around. Most of the time you will just point to what you want or they will speak perfect english. Very friendly people, and even a restaurant at the hotel was pretty cheap. Can`t wait for a maccas. Laters yall!

Well I am in Japan at the moment, trying to work out a Japanese Keyboard (Ib which I cannot find the underscore for an email address!). Flew in today on JL772 with a lovely 744 that I could not fit into the seat, and arrived at Narita with a welcome of airlines I have never layed eyes upon before. One such being Northwest (And northwest cargo) along with ANA, ANC, A heap of UA 777`s, and everything else around the place! Am currently staying overnight at Haneda airport, with thew room overlooking the airport. さよなら！ Todd M

I don't know of many, if any but hazarding a guess, New Zealand Air Force 757? Or Bruinei 747? Which are grey in colour :P

Welcome Sean, Here is my usual speel from other post (I need to just make it a template :P) On your left you will find links to various parts of the site, including Fleet Lists (Which I Co-ordinte, so PM Me if you know soemthing I dont ;)) of various Australian Airlines. To your right you will find the TAA.net gallery bursting with photos from the boards various photographers, feel free to upload to the gallery if you so desire. Remember, no question is a stupid question and we will best answer any questions as well as we can, likewise if you have anything to input. We have a blog service aswell, which I rarely but sometimes use, so feel free to start you own. Enjoy your time here!! Once again, Welcome to TAA.

Just to confirm - Air Force one was cleared to land at 10:16pm as this also comes with information gathered from the YSSY Board. http://www.vpmag.com/yssy/viewtopic.php ... c&start=75 I wish they could have had it, its backup or the 757 down in Canberra again, very nice aircraft they are. I have a photo (Taken from a bloke at Ansett) of the first visit of AF1 to Canberra many moons ago given to me by my Grandad. Hasn't really changed that much since then!

Hey Tony and Welcome to TAA.net. On your left you will find links to various parts of the site, including Fleet Lists (Which I Co-ordinte, so PM Me if you know soemthing I dont ;)) of various Australian Airlines. To your right you will find the TAA.net gallery bursting with photos from the boards various photographers, feel free to upload to the gallery if you so desire. Remember, no question is a stupid question and we will best answer any questions as well as we can, likewise if you have anything to input. We have a blog service aswell, which I rarely but sometimes use, so feel free to start you own. Enjoy your time here!! Thanks Todd Milton

Here is the new one from Virgin Blue. The "Todd's Life" ad. Works for me, My name is Todd, I have Black hair and I like Aviation! [nomedia=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yFYWHyHcKY]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/nomedia]

Well, AFAIK no restrictions from Canberra. I don't think the workers at Brindabella Business Park would be happy if they closed the brand new multistory (Which is close to the Runway and Taxiway, and over the fenceline :P) and had to get the over priced airliner bus (No ACTION Services) because of APEC. Probably Strict 3m rule and that would be about it!

lol, I like Whirly Birds. So versatile. I especially like the Dauphin's in the Child Flight Livery that flies over often, has a distinct noise that you can hear a mile off and know exaclty which Chopper it is (SouthCare Bell or Child Flight Dauphin). Oh and BTW This was on normal radio, FM104.7. Not scanner or anything, was just on normal radio and it cut in.

South Care is indeed a Helo. One of the best in the region!

Had Snowy Hydro South Care fly over just a few minutes ago, and as it flew over the radio crackled and you could hear 'track 40 degrees west...' or the like come over. Makes me wonder how often something like this would come on, as I would have presumed it was from South Care seeing it was flying over at the time!!

Ever lived on coles salary, paying for a holidya, foxtel and my phone bill? Have to pay the $4000 for my tripto Japan :P Otherwise yes I would pay for Broadband myself.

lol, Podcast's are alot of time to download when you have dialup. Its not my fault, I wan't it but my parents won't get it!

ABC Radio? Do you think we're all 60 Chainy? :P :P WOuld be interesting, but I am at CIT Tomorrow and my phone only gets FM not ABC AM

He's a mad man, that Chainy! A Mad Man!! Welcome Ian to TAA. I am the other moderator situated in the Nations Capital (Anyone notice that the Admin and mod team are all, basically, in NSW?), and all I can say is enjoy. Post as much info, stories, photos ad reports as you can, and I think the others have said the rest! Todd Milton.

They always usedto play tat ep on Qantas. I am sure it would work, I mean I know people who go in on old Boarding Passes. They don't check at all!

Gotta love the free internet in the QF Club Business kiosk thingys. Have used them a few times now, shame I don't have QF Club Membership. I just scab off my mates! Enjoy the forums, I sure know I do!

Here are the photos from Kitty Hawk and my spotting day at YSSY. VH-OGF Rotates New for JetStar, VH-EBE ZK-NCG With reverse on coming to a halt http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5393/oggzm0.jpg VH-OGG Rotates http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5800/vox2qd3.jpg VH-VOX Lifting off on its way to somewhere warm http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/294/vqp2na1.jpg VH-VQP with special Titans decals http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3599/vqdke7.jpg Another JetStar, this time VH-VQD http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3599/vhvyixv4.jpg VH-VYI a 737-800 http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/179/jqvirginvn8.jpg Two Virgins and a Jetstar http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5982/dqfjkvq3.jpg DQ-FJK Passing over me 'Beware of Jet Blast, Props and Rotors' displayed above its number, CVN 63 http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/7231 ... opyyk0.jpg Entering the harbour, with the Black uniformed men and woman of the US Navy lining the decks. A Lady Class ferry on a sightseeing tour of the Ship is next to it, showing the size comparison http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5277 ... opysv1.jpg Backing into Garden Island http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/1804 ... opykj9.jpg One of the USN Helicopters doing the rounds, a closer look of another shot of this chopper, one of the Navy blokes is looking directly at me! There are more, but too many to keep on uploading. Enjoy anyway :P

Canberra to Sydney Date: 3/7/2007 Flight No: QF704 Reg: VH-TJJ Type: 737- 476 Name: Heron Seat: 21A Seq. Number: 1 ATD: 09:56 ATA: 10:35 Gate: u/k Dep Rwy: 35 Arr Rwy: I arrived early at the airport and enjoyed a nice breakfast at the expensive terminal cafe. Boarding was pretty much standard, sat down to find I had the seat next to me free (Love that). Our Captain was Captain Honeycombe who I have had a few times before on CBR-SYD-CBR flights. We taxied to the runway and did not use the displaced threshold, no need for it. Abit bumpy out of Canberra, ATIS Said expect turbulence and they were right. Had a first time flyer (A 5/6 year old) who was feeling sick on takeoff and landing (That made me feel great, I didn’t want the poor dear to puke and have to smell that for a while!) but all turned well and she didn’t chunder into the bag once. Our nice meal was a Muesli bar which was cranberry and yoghurt flavour with choice of Juice and Water. Billboard was the channel I tuned into before our descent into Sydney. Was pretty nice coming in over Liverpool, Campbelltown and near Bankstown (Watching the little buzz boxes landing down there is always fun), but coming out over the water it started to get abit bumpy as usual. Had a nice and smooth touchdown, with a roll then turn into the gate. Of course, about one gate away was VH-TJW. For those who don’t know TJW is my old foe. She follows me everywhere, and I mean everywhere. And she is my most travelled on 737. Wing View of VH-TJJ Sydney to Canberra Date: 7/7/2007 Flight No: QF771 Reg: VH-VXO Type: 737- 838 Name: Kakadu Seat: 18F Seq. Number: 3 ATD: 15:57 ATA: 16:48 Gate: 6 Dep Rwy: 25 Arr Rwy: 35 Looks to be a first entry for me with ‘Kakadu’, still with its ‘Sharing the Spirit’ titles on the rear. We boarded dead on time, early in fact. Waited for an international arrival and than pushed back. But sitting out on the tarmac we were told we would be dragged back to the gate due to a loading error, where the load sheets would be re-written before we could leave. So sitting down I listened to the onboard entertainment, namely Billboard again, and just waited for the load sheets to be rewritten. Once again my Captain was Captain Honeycombe, a veteran pilot for me of a few flights and my flight on the journey up to Sydney. We pushed back (Again) and this time started and the safety announcement was viewed/listened too. Taxied behind a NZ 767-300 before holding on 25 and jolting forward for our speedy exit from the rat race. Meal was two cookies and a choice of Juice or Water (Its starting to sound like a prison!). The cookies were nice though, one white choc and the other milk choc. Didn’t find them too bad, just a little bit more filling than the muesli bar. Descent was into the clouds formed over Canberra and the region through wet rain and a small amount of wind. Captain braced us for turbulence, and we got abit but not much really. Upon landing the Captain crunched the main gear onto the tarmac, which gave us a big bump and a huge vibration. Loved watching all the water being blasted from the runway as my seat was right at the end of the wing. Had to wait for another 737 to land and taxi infront of us and we finally arrived at the gate. The tiny gate lounge was packed as both flights arrived in around the same time, and the one carousel and arrivals area was full of people. Can’t wait till Canberra will eventually get a new Qantas Terminal :P View of VH-VXO’s wing While in Sydney I did abit of Plane and Train spotting, as well as abit of Hawk watching with the USS Kitty Hawk coming into Garden Island. Beautiful Ship with some beautiful hardware on it. Some photos of the Plane and Ship spotting will be posted abit later on when I can get around to uploading them to a server!

Nice, good to see a youngen on the boards! We have a few people under 18, and some of us who just act 14 (i.e Me) :P. Welcome and by all means, add me to messenger (If you have it of course!) [email protected]

Down with Nikons :P I am a Canon 300D Man myself, want to go for the 400D when I get back from Japan. Don't have anything special in the way of Lenses, only because they are expensive tools for the Camera. With only a job at coles, and I travel around abit I cannot afford them at the moment!!

Greetings Friend! Nice to see another photographer on the board, feel free to use our album found to the right. Post anything you can, ask any Questions you want! Myself and Chainsaw photograph quite abit, along with a few other members on this board! Enjoy your stay here, Todd Milton

I am used to hearing aircraft on their way in and out of Canberra, but I just heard a nice fighter jet flying around. Could tell by the whispy noises it makes when flying fast, sounded very nice. Too bad there is so much cloud cover out here, could not see it. Dunno what it was or where it was from unfortunently

I was up in the new Multi Story carpark near the Qantas Defence Services hanger on the terminal side of the airport with alot of the Canberra Aviation Group spotters! But I noticed quite a few fence side, the Multi story was the best place for it. Steve R was nice enough to drive me (Thanks Steve!) and we went to Multi Story and Mt Pleasent for the A380. Not bad photos, atleast you have a memory of it!!