Saw 2 very strange aircraft in DRW today...

[Simsy85]

Ok I'm not going crazy... I went back twice to look at both aircraft I saw at Darwin International todayFirst one was about at 1ish was an Antov 124 - effing huge!!! Saw the tail before I saw anything else...Second was a QF 747!! Whilst these obviously aren't a rarity at other airports, it is in DRW... Anyone know why she was in town?? Well either of them? CheersSimsy

 

[markis10]

The AN124 was a mining charter ex PHE , no idea of the 744 but there is some unusual birds all over the place with Talisman Sabre on.

 

[kalboy]

The 747 may have been an aerial refueler maybe.
There should be quite a few F-15 Eagles from the USAF up that way as well.

 

[kalboy]

Oh sorry. I just re-read the first post.

I dont beleive that Qantas have any Air 2 Air refuelers in their fleet (interesting concept though) So just ignore my previous post.

 

[loobloke]

Is the Antov still there?

I just dropped some folks off at darwin a few minutes ago didn't notice anything, but then I wasn't looking.

PITY! I was supposed to fly out of darwin at midday today but changed my flights last night

 

[Simsy85]

Is the Antov still there?

I just dropped some folks off at darwin a few minutes ago didn't notice anything, but then I wasn't looking.

PITY! I was supposed to fly out of darwin at midday today but changed my flights last night

Nah mate it was gone quick as a flash... Aircraft of that size, my bet it would cost a pretty penny to keep it on the ground....



I found out what the QF 747 was too - it was the QF flight from SYD - HKG, diverted to offload a passenger who suffered cardiac arrest midflight