QANTAS Airbus A380 VH-OQF
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Operator: QANTAS - VH-OQF
Aircraft: Airbus - A380
Airport: Australia - Sydney - Kingsford Smith Intl, NSW (SYD / YSSY)
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2010-1-17 by MAKISMO [Contact]
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Photographer's remark
(18.1.2010, 12:33 CET)
First commercial flight for "Charles Kingsford Smith" (VH-OQF) seen powering up on 16R at namesake airport "Charles Kingsford Smith" -the Aerodrome was originally named after the pioneer aviator in 1936 after he disappeared in 1935. He was the first aviator to fly across the Pacific (Trans-Pac) from the US to Australia in 1928 (amongst other achievements); now fittingly, roughly 82 years after this feat the largest commercial passenger aircraft in the world, in this case named after Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in tribute by QANTAS, departs Sydney as QF11 to LAX to perform the Trans-Pacific flight non stop, an event which is now a daily occurrence thanks in no small part to this 'Pioneering Aviator'. Thanks to QANTAS for honoring this legend of the sky.
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