Melbourne International Airport 1984 (or there abouts)

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle) 02/24/2015 at 11:15 • Filed to: planelopnik

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some pictures my brother scanned from actual photos taken in the 80s

credit: all effort to scan and annotate pictures was my brother's, I did naught but steal his hard work from facebook and post it here. oh and actual picture taking appears to be my father's labours

below: VH-EBK - 747-239B - Qantas

below: view from the rooftop observation deck

and a link to some modern pics from the same deck

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below: N119KE - 747-312 - Singapore Airlines

below: a view from higher up... planes in the same location, dad could be in this picture taking the picture above!?

below: RP-C2003 - DC-10-30 - Philippine Airlines

below: VH-MM0 - Fokker F.28-2013 - Airlines of Northern Australia

VH-FN0 - Fokker F.27-4102 - Ansett

below: VH-EBR - 747-238B - Qantas "Back when the flying kangaroo had wings"

below: "Melbourne airport still feels like it's in countryside today."

below: VH-EBK - 747-239B - Qantas

below: how the pictures looked when first scanned

taking pictures of planes is in my family's blood it would seem

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For Sweden > MonkeePuzzle 02/24/2015 at 11:21

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This is good Oppo

This is Best Oppo

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 02/24/2015 at 11:33

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What a fantastic collection of photographs. Thanks for sharing. I got a little lump in my throat seeing that Pan Am livery. :(

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 02/24/2015 at 11:36

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the old Ansett and Qantas liveries took me back :D

dolemite > MonkeePuzzle 02/24/2015 at 14:31

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Appears to be a lot of weight on the ass of a plane.

Simplify, then add beer > MonkeePuzzle 02/24/2015 at 18:19

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I almost missed the Ansett one. Back when it was $400 for a Sydney to Melbourne flight (which calculates to over $1000 in 2015 money).