QF on white tails....
Dec 18, 2002, 8:58 pm
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QF on white tails....
At BNE on Monday night & saw a "white tail" 744 with Qantas painted on the cabin & standard QF markings on engines.
Hull was white with dark blue underbody & engine nacelles. Tail had been yellow/blue/white, going by bits remaining on the tail.
I presume that this bird is ex-BA?
Hull was white with dark blue underbody & engine nacelles. Tail had been yellow/blue/white, going by bits remaining on the tail.
I presume that this bird is ex-BA?
Dec 18, 2002, 9:38 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by willyroo:
That's the one I saw over my place on Monday night.</font>
That's the one I saw over my place on Monday night.</font>
Perhaps it was on its way home to BA as it is supposedly no longer needed now that the 747-400ER's are arriving.
Dec 19, 2002, 12:47 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by thoglette:
At BNE on Monday night & saw a "white tail" 744 with Qantas painted on the cabin & standard QF markings on engines.
Hull was white with dark blue underbody & engine nacelles. Tail had been yellow/blue/white, going by bits remaining on the tail.
I presume that this bird is ex-BA?</font>
At BNE on Monday night & saw a "white tail" 744 with Qantas painted on the cabin & standard QF markings on engines.
Hull was white with dark blue underbody & engine nacelles. Tail had been yellow/blue/white, going by bits remaining on the tail.
I presume that this bird is ex-BA?</font>
Can't remember where I got this from now, but it left a vivid memory after I'd stopped laughing.
Dec 19, 2002, 2:42 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Cathay Pacific:
Is it this one? VH-NLH</font>
Is it this one? VH-NLH</font>
I haven't seen it in the air for ages...
Dec 19, 2002, 9:24 am
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A picture with the colored tail can be seen here:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/277949/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/277949/L/
Dec 20, 2002, 7:27 pm
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I saw this Bird this afternoon (21 December)parked at the SYD Qantas Maintenance Hangar. Maybe it was there to have the tail painted?