Friday Night Flight - Flying High Down Under @ YMML - 030700ZAUG18

Look at the main gear. Do you see the gear tilt?

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The gear tilts when retracting

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JQ 432 - B788 - YBCG-YMML

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Awsome, nice to fly to Australia

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Definitely will be popping over to Australia before my real life 20 hour flight 😀!

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Never flown to or from Australia. Great FNF. Any suggestions for a realistic 2-3 hours flight to Melbourne?

Here i have compiled a list with couple of 2-4 hour flights you can do from nearby airports to Melbourne for chance to participate in today’s (Friday, August 3rd, '18) FNF in Australia!
Happy Flying Everyone 😄


  • Auckland (ALK) - Melbourne (MEL) | Flight Time: 4h5m

Airline and Aircraft: 👇

Air New Zealand - A320, B777-300ER, B777-200ER, B787-9
Qantas - B737-800
Jetstar - A320


  • Queenstown Airport (ZQN) - Melbourne (MEL) | Flight Time: 3h35m

Airline and Aircraft: 👇

Air New Zealand - A320
Jetstar - A320


  • Wellington International Airport (WLG) - Melbourne (MEL) | Flight Time: 3h45m - 4h0m

Airline and Aircraft: 👇

Singapore Airlines - B777-300ER
Air New Zealand - A320
Qantas - B737-800


  • Brisbane (BNE) - Melbourne (MEL) | Flight Time: 2h25m

Airline and Aircraft: 👇

Qantas - B737-800, B787-9
Jetstar - A320


  • Perth (PER) - Melbourne (MEL) | Flight Time: 3h30m

Airline and Aircraft: 👇

Jetstar - A320
Qantas B737-800, B787-9


Virgin Australia you may think, where is it? Well we don’t have the B737 livery for that aircraft yet, only the B77W, so i disregarded adding it to the list since the B77W flies intercontinentally not domestically. But you may go ahead and vote for the VA B737 livery if you want to by searching it in the search bar, and don’t make a discussion about it here, thanks ;)
And Thanks to @Transport_Hub for telling me about Tigerair A320, which also does not exist in IF as of now :)

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Already flying! Great job ATC

SO MUCH TRAFFIC :3. I’ve just finished 2 flight to YMML. Both flights delayed for half an hour.

Flying high over Australia at FL320!

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Geez someone just landed at Melbourne with 0 minutes of fuel left. What a clencher lol.

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Wow so much traffic trying to land at YMML I had to go around twice, it was hectic but fun!!!

which server is all the congestion on? i love crowded airports

Expert. That’s where IFATC is as well as the most traffic.

o ok i really need to get to grade 3 soon

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haha it nearly went to chaos during the small interval that there was no IFATC stationed as they were switching. Everyone then started racing to get onto final. However IFATC did do well :)

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currently stuck on a departure frequency that seems to be afk as he is not responding to my requests to change, I am approaching Sydney at this point

Around what time is the airport gonna be the busiest?

It’s very busy right now i would say…

I know but is it gonna get busier?