From here you get a front row seat to see all the comings and goings. As this was the only runway in use there were a lot of aircraft lining up to take off. When I first got there, there were at least 7 aircraft banked up (that is a lot for Melbourne) as well as a number of aircraft landing. I only stayed there for about half an hour, but that was enough today, plus it was starting to get dark. Not sure how many aircraft I saw, but I saw aircraft from all 4 main domestic carriers as well as 1 Rex Departure, plus a Thai 777 and Singapore Airlines 747. I slowly walked back through the terminal and to the car park. All up I was parked for just under an hour which cost $12, expensive anywhere else. I expecting a higher charge.
Anyway here are a few shots.
The extension to the international terminal
is coming along nicely. International traffic
is growing again after a long period of
decline, so the new gates will be needed.
2 comments:
I am old enough that when I was a child my parents would occasionally take me out to 'Mascot Aerodrome' - now Sydney Airport (the Qantas Domestic terminal, in fact).
We would stand by the waist high cyclone fencing adjacent to the tarmac and watch the propellor planes arriving and departing and the passengers boarding and disembarking.
The noise and the smell of aviation fuel seemed overwhelming but it was so exciting at the time.
Not to mention the fantastic noise of those old engines...
Thanks for the comment Victor.
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