A grand farewell to the Qantas Boeing 747, flying from Australia to Los Angeles and to her final resting place at the Mojave airplane graveyard. Qantas’s B747 is the most iconic plane and has served the Australian airline for nearly 5 decades. I was in Los Angeles and Mojave to witness her final arrival before retirement. It was a bittersweet day to see her final landing on July 24th 2020 in the Mojave Desert, California (Landing by Captain Ewen Cameron, 11:50​ local time). After her landing I w

The Last Qantas Boeing 747 - An Emotional Farewell (2020) | Sam Chui

For the Qantas History lovers amongst us. Some historic 747 footage from Sydney in 1971 including Qantas 747-200B VH-EBB VH-EBB was the second of four initial 747 aircraft ordered new by Qantas. The aircraft was named 'City of Melbourne' at Everett It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight from the United States - August 29, 1971 and then operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Perth - Singapore as QF743 - November 11, 1971 Chartered by T.A

✈️ Qantas 747-400 (VH-OJA) Landing @ Illawarra Regional Airport - 8 Mar 2015 7:47am, 8 March 2015 — Thousands of spectators were on hand for the arrival of the retiring aircraft known as the City of Canberra, a 192 tonne Qantas Boeing 747-400, VH-OJA pictured approaching Illawarra Regional Airport. Spending 25 hours in a $30 million flight simulator prepared four Qantas pilots for the trickiest landing the VH-OJA ever made. But what it didn't prepare them for was the overwhelmingly enthusiastic