Typical Cargo Service from Australia To Tasmania

[aharon]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Presenting a nice typical Ansett airline operated TNT 707 cargo flight from YMML Melbourne Airport which is Australia's second busiest airport located 14 miles northwest of the city centre of Melbourne to YMLT Launceston located in the rural area of Western Junction nine miles from Launceston's city centre in Tasmania.

Loading cargo goods on a rainy day



There are lots of cargo bins to be loaded!!



Tsk tsk tsk bad weather!!



HEY you forgot one more cargo bin over there!!



Thunderstorm's lighting brightened the plane that just finished its pushback (yeah must be tough to take screenshot at PRECISELY SAME SPLITTING SECOND TIME as lighting happens!)



Taxiing to short of runway 16



Check out the airport's cargo hold apron ground!





Leaving cargo apron



Still taxiing to short of runway 16





Passing the airport terminal



Leaving the airport terminal behind



Crossing runway 09/27 to continue long taxi on taxiway A



Holding short of runway 16 awaiting for take off clearance from airport tower controllers



Engines after receiving take off clearance started to roar with thick black smokes while entering into runway 16 for immediate take off



Airborne on climb to FL250 pass background view of building complexes of Qantas Maintenance and Jetstar Support



Passing Melbourne suburb called Keilor East



Making left turn with background view of railroad tracks called Sunshine Railway Line Linear Reserve seen in front of the plane's nose



Passing the same area mentioned above



Climbing through clouds



Yeah flying through clouds can be fun as long as you do not run into lightings



Now above thick clouds





Sorry that thick clouds are blocking view of ground textures preventing me from identifying suburbs



Wow the clouds are as high as the plane's cruising F250 altitude!





Passing YFLI Phillip Island Airport seen in front of the plane's nose which is small private airport on Phillip Island that is connected to mainland Victoria area by bridge called Philip Island Road or highway route number B420 also seen in front of the plane



Cruising past some Aussie town next to WON waypoint



Crossing waters of Bass Strait



Approaching Tasmania which signal time for descent



Starting descent!



Descending through clouds



Approaching Tamar River that is popular for pleasure cruise boats



Passing in front of nose a lake called Curries River Dam which is popular fishing spot in Tasmania as seen on this video link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2B-Abt6SSI



Passing town of Georgetown bordering Tamar River in Tasmania



Passing landscape of Tasmania



At 3,000 ft past lake also called Tamar River



Tasmania is famous for very green landscape



In front of nose of plane shows high green hills called Reedy Marsh Forest Preserve and Brushy Rivulet Forest Reserve



Still at 3,000 ft with background view of mountains called Mount Maurice Forest Reserve



Time to make left 180 degree turn to runway 32L





Deploying landing gear



On final runway approach





Seconds before touchdown



TOUCHDOWN





Braking down past the background view of the airport terminal



Exiting from runway into taxiway D



Taxiing past Qantas hangar that is actually Sharp Airline hangar



Arrived at cargo apron where trucks are waiting to pick up cargo goods





Thank you for viewing and stay tuned for next exciitng flight!

Regards,

Aharon

[Stromer]

Very nice shots!

[delyboy2]

Why do you keep posting “jet” flights - we are “Prop” guys here !?

[Tom/CalClassic]

Aharon asked if he could post jet screen shots here, and I said yes as long as they were early jets.

Hope this helps,

[stansdds]

The great thing about cargo flights is that cargo does not vomit nor does it scream when the going gets rough.

[JasonK..AKA "Pal Joey."]

Aharon asked if he could post jet screen shots here, and I said yes as long as they were early jets.

I like 'em.

The great thing about cargo flights is that cargo does not vomit nor does it scream when the going gets rough.

I'm bad enough that my cargo does.

[aharon]

Thanks all for very kind words.

Oct 10, 2019 13:10:31 GMT -5 delyboy2 said:

Why do you keep posting “jet” flights - we are “Prop” guys here !?

As Tom the owner of this finest website said, I had received clearance from him to publish screenshot flight reports of ONLY HISTORIC jets.

I publish here fair mixture of screenshot flight reports of propeller and jet planes to keep viewers here enthralled and excited.

In case you are not aware, CalClassics also offers historic jet AI traffic downloads.

Smiling

Regards,

Aharon

[chris_c]

I too am always pleased to see Aharon's travelogues here. Besides, if not a prop than an early jet is just fine.

Chris

[stansdds]

Oct 12, 2019 10:23:36 GMT -5 JasonK..AKA "Pal Joey." said:

Aharon asked if he could post jet screen shots here, and I said yes as long as they were early jets.

I like 'em.

The great thing about cargo flights is that cargo does not vomit nor does it scream when the going gets rough.

I'm bad enough that my cargo does.

I like 'em too!

Oh... uhhhh... that's pretty bad when the cargo screams.

[delyboy2]

It’s just Aharon does them so good would love to see something with a ‘six’ or a ‘connie’ !

[aharon]

Oct 13, 2019 8:00:31 GMT -5 delyboy2 said:

It’s just Aharon does them so good would love to see something with a ‘six’ or a ‘connie’ !

Delyboy2,

Thank you for your kind words. When you say "six", do you mean DC-6s?

Anyway, I have been for past weeks flying C-130s/L100s and DC-3s/C-47s as well as DHC-2s (no screenshots unfortunately).

I am way way way way behind in 50,000 screenshots waiting for me to edit, research, and publish on various aviation forums including CalClassics forums right here. The backlog of screenshots includes prop flights too.

I think I am going in near future create nice screenshot flight reports featuring KBT Electra using Western airline's cream Indian chief livery painted by very kind Gary Harper who was very nice to make the livery real cream at my request and KBT Electra featuring Ansett cargo liveries painted at my request by very kind Mikeh although I do not know why he is now deleted member of CalClassics forums.

Thank you for being patient and please enjoy my past, present, and future screenshots.

Regards,

Aharon

[Pacific SMX]

I also like them. I can remember more than once landing at SFO in a Pacific M404 with my nose pressed against the window gawking at the "brand new jets" taxiing past, and I was just a young kid then. I rarely fly them, but they were a part of that era. Lockheed L-188's were still being delivered up until mid 1961, so there were indeed mixes of piston and early jets during the period a lot of us fly in. Keep up the great work Aharon.

Regards,
Phil

[aharon]

Thanks all for very kind words.

Regards,

Aharon

[JasonK..AKA "Pal Joey."]

Oh... uhhhh... that's pretty bad when the cargo screams.

You don't know the half of it. I sometimes think I'm the only one that could crash and burn pulling into the gate.

[jwh]

Whether vintage props or vintage jets, always enjoyable.