Event: Project sunrise test flight! Melbourne-Toulouse

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Here are a few shots from the event.
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Route: YMML-LFBO
Time: 24:24
Server: expert
Event: Project sunrise test flight
Aircraft: A350-1000 (Qantas)

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Siting at the gate in Melbourne getting ready for a long flight.
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After a quick taxi and a heavy takeoff, we are in the air!
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Arriving at cruising altitude, over rural Victoria. You might see a plane to the left.
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15 Hrs later we are flying over the US. Starting to get tired.
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Another stunning sight.
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After the US and Canada we fly through the night and then our second sunrise happens!
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Flying over the middle of France just before our TOD.
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Starting our final approach.
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After 24 hours and 24 minutes, we touch down, after passing Australia, the Pacific, North America and Europe!
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Sitting at the gate, time to have a shower and enjoy the warm south of France!

Favorite photo?
  • 1 Boarding
  • 2 Takeoff
  • 3 Starting to cruise
  • 4 Over the US
  • 5 2nd US shot
  • 6 2nd sunrise
  • 7 TOD
  • 8 Final
  • 9 Touchdown
  • 10 Unloading
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Project Sunrise Test Flight-YMML-LFBO
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Thanks for voting @Kknnkj

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Got some wonderful shots there. And beautiful descriptions. I haven’t been caught up much in Qantas’s fleet renewal, so this has helped me out a bit. And I like how Qantas decided to fly to Australia’s second city. I love it when airlines fly to second class cities instead of the larger spotlight ones. I’ve seen Qantas fly A321XLR’s to BNE from India, I’ve seen the Singapore Air Force use PER as a base, this example of Qantas flying from TLS to MEL, and I’ve even seen Qatar Airways store 7 777-300ER’s at BNE while they temporarily closed operations due to conflict in the Middle East.

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i really like it! Good job and nice effort! :slight_smile:

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Can anyone guess the close plane in shot 3?

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A320 or 737, or a330. Thats all i can guess, it also looks like bombardilo

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Correct. It was a 320.