Another busy day at Rockhampton Airport on Sunday 28 July another great variety of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters. And as this Blog post typed, there are three more special aircraft arriving into Rockhampton Airport under the cover of darkness so stay tuned for a report and (hopefully) photos!
Local plane spotter Ben O captured some fantastic images on Sunday 28 July including the second straight daily visit of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Bell UH-1Y Huey / Venom helicopters - 168407 / EP-30 and 168408 / EP-31 of the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (VMM-265) "Dragons".
After landing at Rockhampton Airport, the 'Super Hueys' popped over the "Camp Rocky", and then later returned back to the Airport before eventually departing off to the North. They again used the callsign "Dragon 31".
As mentioned below, United States Navy (USN) Lockheed C-130T Hercules - serial 165160 - coded JW5160 - of the VR-62 Fleet Logistic Unit, unsuccessfully attempted to depart Rockhampton yesterday, and still remains parked at the Northern end of the apron.
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules A97-449 arrived into Rockhampton from the South as "Ausy 569".
It joined a busy parking apron at Rockhampton Airport.
A97-449 eventually departed Rockhampton using the same callsign for parts unknown.
Ben noted that the 'resident' United States Navy (USN) Grumman C-2A Greyhounds have had to be re-positioned and are now parked beside the cross-runway 04/22.
One final arrival on Sunday 28 July was United States Navy (USN) Boeing C-40A Clipper (B737-7AFC) 165832 of the VR-58 Fleet Logistics Support Squadron.
165832 is a little different from its 'stable mates' in that it doesn't have winglets - and also it hasn't visited Rockhampton Airport before!
Sincere thanks to Ben for sending through his fantastic photos of such a great day of plane spotting! Thanks mate!
All photos taken by Ben O'Dowd ©
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