Queens Road Arboretum in South Guildford.
Seen from VH-NXI Boeing 717-2K9 of QantasLink, on flight QF1901 to Perth at 17:22.
FLEW IN KARRATHA TO PERTH AS FLIGHT QF1901.
Seat 20A – window seat on port side near tail.
Boarded at bay 2 at Karratha Airport Terminal, at 15:20, started engines and taxied 15:39, take-off from Karratha runway 08 at 15:44.
Turned SSW after takeoff, flew over Karratha town at 15:45. Passed over North West Coastal Highway at 15:46.
Over Swan Valley at 17:19, Guildford at 17:21
Landed at Perth Airport on runway 21 at 17:22, exited at taxiway K, then crossed runway 24 and taxiway J1 to park at Bay 8 at Qantas Domestic Terminal at 17:28. Exited the aircraft at 17:35.
cn 55054/5013
Rolled out of Boeing Long Beach plant – November 1999. First flown as N9012J. Delivered to Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing – December 29, 1999. Placed in storage at Kingman, Arizona – January 2000.
Registered VH-IMP – April 6, 2000 to Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing, leased to Impulse Airlines. Arrived Newcastle on delivery flight – April 30, 2000. Transferred to QantasLink but operated by Impulse – May 27, 2001. Transferred & registered to Jetstar Airways Ltd, Sydney – May 25, 2004.
Withdrawn from use by Jetstar – December 10, 2005.
Registered to Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing GMBH & Co KG – November 15, 2005. Ferried as QF7981 Newcastle-Adelaide-Perth on delivery to QantasLink – January 24, 2006. Reregistered VH-NXI – February 2, 2006.
Registered operator National Jet Systems, Adelaide – February 6, 2006.
Operated its first QantasLink service – QF1814 Perth-P