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About zarfire

Flight Sim fan and FSIM pilot for 15 years.

The airport in Sarawak features in my past.

World politics and airports are closely linked. Berlin Airlift for example.

And here the airports in Sarawak but thats another story...

Tue, 16 Sep 2008

First 747 to land at SYD

By zarfire on Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport view thread | reply

It was a cold windy rainy day in the early 70's

I had never seen a Jumbo land but it was clear he was landing LONG!

So long he ran off end of runway and nearly got in a fight with airport fuel lines!

I think USA pilot was given a ticket home.

Anyone have any additional info or an old photo from Sydney herald.

PS now live in the land of Boeing namely Seattle.