D check - VH-VXI

[ozziekiwi]

Silly question I know, I have been watching Qantas Ready for Take Off series 2 on DVD and wondering when VH-VXI had its D check at the QF Engineering base in Brisbane.

Can anyone help me with the date please ??

Many thanks in advance.

Ozziekiwi

[patty50]

The Qantas Source has dates for most maintenance downtime

May 25 to May 31 2016 she was in Brisbane

http://theqantassource.com/tag/vh-vxi/

[ozziekiwi]

Originally Posted by patty50

The Qantas Source has dates for most maintenance downtime

May 25 to May 31 2016 she was in Brisbane

VH-VXI | The QANTAS Source

Thanks so much for your reply but I am sure it would take a lot longer than that for a 'D' check. That may have been for the configuration change that it had last year.

I do appreciate your reply and thanks so much

Ozziekiwi

[ozziekiwi]

I checked the Qantas Source and can't see when it would have had its D check, maybe they filmed it going into the hangar and then filmed another aircraft having a D check, you never know - what with smoke and mirrors lol !!!!!

The reason that I asked is because I have a particular interest in this aircraft.
It bears the name 'Oodnadatta' and I despatched this aircraft many times in AKL
over the years before QF went to another ground handler. I asked a few pilots
who were flying it that day where this place was in Australia and none of them knew.
I eventually found out by other means where it was.

Just a curiosity thing and thanks again guys

Ozziekiwi

[Capn Bloggs]

I asked a few pilots who were flying it that day where this place was in Australia and none of them knew.

You should have asked an Aussie...

[ozziekiwi]

He says - tongue in cheek - each one I asked were Aussies and none of them
knew where it was - LOL !!!!

[gerry111]

Originally Posted by ozziekiwi

I asked a few pilots
who were flying it that day where this place was in Australia and none of them knew.

Oh dear!

If ya fly over Marree (YMRE) in South OZ, then turn towards Trevor Town (YWMC), ya eventually get to Oodnadatta.

[Oodnadatta]

You should have asked me...

[Lead Balloon]

Lucky it was built next to a track with the same name, otherwise people could be confused.

Google "atlas" and buy one of those.

[ozziekiwi]

Thanks to all of you who responded - especially Oodnadatta - The riddle has been solved. I looked at more of the DVD this morning and it indeed was smoke and mirrors - VH-VXI went into heavy maintenance in BNE and VH-XYB came out of its D check in BNE some months later purporting to be the same aircraft that went in. It actually entered heavy maintenance on 30 May 2016 and came out again 12 July 2016. Thanks to you all again

Ozziekiwi