City of Canberra (Qantas) 747 tour NSW

Sexual Chocolate

Plan on doing the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society tour next month when I get to Sydney and was wondering if anybody here has done it ?

The full 747 tour works out €125 and seems very in depth.

Apparently this crowd have acquired John Travolta's 707 as well but I'm not sure if its on display yet as it need quite a bit of work.

Noxegon

I’ve not done that one but if it’s anything like the Qantas tour at Longreach you’re in for a treat.

Sexual Chocolate

Was looking at that one as well. They have a 707 and 747-200 on display.

Some of the trip advisor reviews state that there are some hidden charges so it can be expensive.

Noxegon

Longreach is a fixed charge if you do the Platinum Tour (which I recommend). The only real catch is that flight schedules mean that you basically need three days there; one day to arrive, one for the tour, and one to leave.

There's not a lot else to see in the area really – you can do a river cruise if that floats your boat (pun intended) but that's about as far as it goes.

Mrcaramelchoc

I've been to oz three times and i never knew this existed.i won't be going back.is there anything like this in England?germany?

Sexual Chocolate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwZy8Wg9bnE

For anyone thats wondering what it is

Sexual Chocolate

Noxegon wrote: »

Longreach is a fixed charge if you do the Platinum Tour (which I recommend). The only real catch is that flight schedules mean that you basically need three days there; one day to arrive, one for the tour, and one to leave.

There's not a lot else to see in the area really – you can do a river cruise if that floats your boat (pun intended) but that's about as far as it goes.

Yeah I seen that its a bit out of the way. It's a 12hr drive from both Brisbane and Cairns and I'm not too sure if I'll be heading that far out from the coast. Who knows.....

Hotblack Desiato

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

I've been to oz three times and i never knew this existed.i won't be going back.is there anything like this in England?germany?

Technikmuseum Speyer has a 747

Lots (relatively speaking) of Concordes about:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde_aircraft_histories

Sinsheim has a Conk, a Tu-144 and lots of other stuff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinsheim_Auto_%26_Technik_Museum

Haven't been to any of these myself, but one day...

L1011

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

I've been to oz three times and i never knew this existed.i won't be going back.is there anything like this in England?germany?

Manchester Airport Viewing Park would be the closest to it in the UK. No 747 though.

fullstop

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

Plan on doing the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society tour next month when I get to Sydney and was wondering if anybody here has done it ?

The full 747 tour works out €125 and seems very in depth.

Apparently this crowd have acquired John Travolta's 707 as well but I'm not sure if its on display yet as it need quite a bit of work.

Is that the one that sits in Illawarra airport down in Wollongong? Have seen an old 747 sitting there from the road and been told the story behind it but never been in to see it.

Sexual Chocolate

fullstop wrote: »

Is that the one that sits in Illawarra airport down in Wollongong? Have seen an old 747 sitting there from the road and been told the story behind it but never been in to see it.

That's the one yeah. It held the record up until about 3-4 years ago of the longest non stop flight by an airliner during it delivery to Qantas flying from Heathrow to Sydney in 1989 taking 20hrs and 9 mins.