QANTAS 747-400 WALLABIES LIVERY LANDING 16R SYDNEY AIRPORT

VH-OJO ( 25544 / 894 )

A Qantas Airways Boeing 747 lands at Kingsford Smith International Airport in Australia as QF128 from Hong Kong.

After over 20 years of service to Qantas this aircraft was retired in April 2012.

This aircraft wears ' Go Qantas Wallabies ' in this video. The special decals were removed when the aircraft was retired.

Aircraft name: City of Toowoomba

[phantomworks]

Thank you! for a special livery in this day and age, it was actually pretty good I liked this special livery a lot myself :)

[AbraxasVideo]

Nice bit of wet weather spotting there! Also noticed the additional flight information included at the beginning :) So long OJO! Wasn't a bad livery for her to wear until retirement.

[aeroplaneman]

Nice video! It is sad to see the numbers of these iconic aircraft declining :(

[rockymountainrandom]

Cool livery! R.I.P. City of Toowoomba :(

[phantomworks]

Thanks! Yes I have been adding flight details where I can now because I think my subscribers enjoy knowing that info. :) I agree, very nice livery to send her off! :)

[SydneyAirportSpotter]

:O This was retired just a few days ago right?! Plane spotting in the rain! Dedicated spotter ;)

[phantomworks]

I only spot in the rain when there is something good I'm after, you will see in a few videos time. I knew this was meant to arrive that morning so I was expecting it and made me want to spot in the rain more. Yes, aircraft was withdrawn from use and retired a couple weeks ago. :(

[SydneyAirportSpotter]

I don't see the need to retire them yet when we haven't received any of the 787-9's..

[Aviatorspot]

Wow! Such a lovely livery! Is it still around?

[phantomworks]

Woops, I've lost track of time recently, thanks for date correction. Yes it is sad, I really like Qantas' 747 fleet, there will on be 3 Roller engined 747's left in 2013, 7 all together when you include ER's. :(

[SydneyAirportSpotter]

You might want to fix up the description, you said it was retired May 2012 :P and I know, its sad isn't it? Seeing all the 747-400's disappear..

[SydneyAirportSpotter]

Yeah i know.. I've seen them just sitting there a lot when i go past it! They took off so many international routes its not funny!!

[phantomworks]

Qantas is shrinking, they cut a whole lot of flights especially international and many layoffs. If you go to Qantas Jetbase at Sydney Airport you will see around 3 or 4 747s atleast always there because there are no longer many flights they are needed for. :(