It was grand to watch the fire tenders spray long and strong over the last QANTAS Queen of the Skies and to see the giant plane emerge slowly and gracefully through the shower and down the taxi way. She passed the crowd ever so slowly as if giving her salute to all who waved, cheered and cried at...

What a sad week. Qantas doing its last passenger flights and British Airways announcing the end of its Queens of the Skies, too. Heathrow won't be the same without them. Before covid-10 caused all hell to break loose on air travel and airlines grounded their fleets, my big idea was to fly to Sing...

Here, here, Janeblogs. It was sad missing out on one last flight. We'd been fortunate to have flown many thousands of miles and over many years, and even (in my case, a last flight from Vancouver) on her. There were people who'd never been on a Queen who "struck gold" for a first, last and only f...

Best news of the day. We're just saying goodbye to the Queen of the Sky - sad news. Now daylight has dawned, Mr Rockpool and his third rate food will be gone. He's been over-hyped for too long, be it in first (and in the relevant lounges), business, premier economy, or cattle. Its quality has gon...

I'll admit to being disappointed, even though my typing fingers worked at speed, others worked faster. Enjoy your flight, people, you did well. It was your turn. I console myself with the memory of making my last international flight (before the curtain fell) back from Canada on VH-OEJ, "Wunulla"...