Virgin Australia ATR-72-600 Economy Class from Sydney to Port Macquarie (+ how to skip the queues)

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Join me onboard this Virgin Australia airlines ATR-72-600 trip report from Sydney Airport to Port Macquarie in economy class. I'll also provide some history behind this airliner and mention Virgin's A330 and 737s.
Thanks to Skyships Eng (youtube channel: and Wikipaedia for much of the background information)
Aircraft: Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A, VH-FVZ
Seat: 9A
Airline: Virgin Australia (VA)
Flight Number: VA1187
Camera: gopro hero 8 black and fujifilm xt3
Music: Bensound 'summer'

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0:00 intro
0:20 Shep's Mound planespotting
1:00 entering terminal
1:55 ATR-72 arriving
2:34 boarding
3:06 my seat
4:30 takeoff
5:39 inflight catering
6:14 landing
7:08 Port Macquarie Airport