Qantas Freight flight 7385 to Melbourne on the threshold of Rw 23 awaiting take-off clearance.

In partnership with Australia Post, Qantas Freight Flt 7386 departed off Rw 23 bound for Melbourne. These are not often seen in Adelaide in daylight hours and on this morning a heavy cloud bank to the west created an impressive backdrop for sunlit aircraft. It isn't known how much loading was on this flight but it took off from mid-field, got in the air in short order then climbed at what seemed quite a steep angle once the landing gear was retracted.

Delivered new to Australian Airlines 6th Apr 1987 and merged into Qantas Oct 1993. Transferred to Jetconnect (Qantas NZ) 8th July 2003

On the tarmac at Hobart Airport

VH-TAW joined Qantas on the merger of Australian Airlines and Qantas in 1993 before being transferrd to Jet Connect in New Zealand as ZK-JNH in 2003.It returned to Australia as VH-XMO in 2006 and was converted to a freighter.