When I was a toddler my Dad used to always point up at the sky whenever a Qantas 747-338 or 747-438 flew over, this planted the AvGeek seed. It always made me so so excited. I never got the chance to fly on one until I heard about the 747 domestic flights before the Antarctic flights at the end of 2019. My Dad and I booked seats for the New Year’s Eve flight QF417 SYD-MEL. It was 747-438ER VH-OEJ…

I have loved the Qantas 747s since I was about 7 years old. I am 20 now, mum and I used to fly to Tassie from Sydney a few times a year and I’d beg her to let us go early so I could watch the 747s through the big window, this still continues to this day as an adult! I was rummaging through my things and found this picture of the 747 I drew when I was 13…

Although I understand the emphasis has been on the fact that OEJ was a -400, many of us went back way before the glass cockpit variant and of course the Classics shared the same Joe Sutter DNA. A little piece of every flight engineer flew away with OEJ on Wednesday. I just wanted to represent them, and make sure we hadn’t been forgotten in the history books…

I grew up under the flight path to Sydney's runway 16. I watched all the big planes on approach and dreamt of flying. In 1972, my parents took the family to Europe and I insisted we book on a 747 flight. It turned out to be on VH-EBA, City of Canberra. I asked if I could visit the cockpit and the Captain graciously gave me a tour while presenting me with my Junior V-Jet Club logbook and wings. Four years later I started work as an engineering apprentice and gained my first licence on the 747…

I have been trying to get in the 747 for over 7 years now as I am a newbie to flying as a passenger. The fun flight from Sydney was my first and maybe the last ever 747 flight…

I was lucky enough to win a trip on a Captains Choice Escorted tour around South America on a chartered 747, and when we were leaving Easter Island I was also able to visit for the flight deck…

So many fabulous experiences on the 747. My favourite Asian hubs where often service by the Queen Of the Skies…

Working in the travel industry, I have been lucky enough to enjoy a few Qantas 747 flights. They have brought me home safely every time, even through a typhoon flying out of Hong Kong…

My love affair with the 747 began when VH-OJA was retired in Albion park. me and two workmates at the time flocked to see the jumbo land on such a short runway. since then i visited the jumbo every time i was in the Illawarra and even nearly volunteered at the museum it is stored at…

When I first saw the 747, I was blown away by her immense size, but I soon fell in love with the iconic jet as no other aircraft is quite as recognisable…

I was an 18-year old Hong Konger (Which I turned 19 exactly today), who is currently studying Engineering in Adelaide. Everything started on Feb 14, 2020, when I got the opportunity to fly on a Qantas 747-400ER (VH-OEH) from Hong Kong to Sydney (QF128) before transiting another flight to Adelaide. This was the first time I flew on a plane by myself, heading to this far and mysterious continent. My nervousness was converted to excitement when I saw this mighty Queen of the skies parking just in front of me in the HK Terminal…