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April 2024 aircraft photos VQ-BBM Boeing 747-83QF of Silk Way West Airlines at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 13 April 2024. Has a '10 Years' decal on centre fuselage. Flight 7L8111 to Hong Kong climbing after take off from runway 21 at 3:03pm. It arrived as flight 7L 9931 from Singapore, at 12:32pm.

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March 2024 aircraft photos 9H-BIG A340-312CJ of AirX at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 25 March 2024. Operating a Safrans du Monde charter flight. Arrived on 23 March 2024 from Melbourne as flight AXY361V. Seen here lining-up on runway 03 at 12:13pm as flight AXY431U to Singapore, with only 40 passengers aboard. The aircraft has 100 flatbed seats.

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February 2024 aircraft photos N410LC Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules of Lynden Air Cargo, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 4 February 2024. Flight LYC4163 from Port Moresby, on approach to runway 21 at 3:03pm.

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