A Few Bizjets Come and Go at Central Queensland Airports - Plus a Few Spottings from Mackay Airport - And More!

On Monday 19 July, there were a couple nice corporate bizjets noted visiting some Central Queensland Airports.

Avcair (Avgunn) LearJet 60 bizjet VH-ILJ visited Hamilton Island Airport from Brisbane.

Linfox Global Charter / Air National Australia Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global 6000 bizjet VH-LEP departed Hamilton Island Airport for its Melbourne (Essendon) base.  It had arrived from there last Monday 12 July.

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And Gulf Aircraft Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign bizjet VH-PYN looked to visit Rockhampton Airport from Brisbane.  As mentioned below, it visited Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) on Sunday 18 July.

Meanwhile, also on Monday 19 July, McNab Aviation Cessna 414A VH-FKH visited Rockhampton Airport from its Toowoomba base.

Byron Bay-based Beech F33A Bonanza VH-KGL called into Rockhampton Airport from there before departing to Townsville.

UPDATE!  On Friday 23 July, VH-KGL returned to Rockhampton Airport from Townsville before heading 'home' to the Ballina / Byron Bay Gateway Airport.

While Vanderfield Pilatus PC-12/47 VH-WPH flew from Toowoomba to Saint George and Moree before then it then called into Bundaberg Airport.  VH-WPH then returned to Toowoomba.

And FKG Air (Redjet Aviation) Hawker Beechcraft B200GT VH-FKB visited Mackay Airport from its Archerfield base.

Finally, a few light General Aviation (GA) aircraft spotted at Mackay Airport, also on Monday 19 July, included Brisbane-based Pesca Aviation AeroCommander 690-A Turbo Commander VH-ATF.  It looked to arrive on Saturday 17 July from Rockhampton Airport arrived there from Archerfield back on Friday 9 July.

UPDATE!  After seemingly completing planned maintenance, VH-ATF finally departed Mackay Airport for Archerfield on Saturday 11 September.

General Aviation Maintenance (GAM) AeroCommander 500-S VH-UJU has been noted completing aerial survey work in the area and was spotted parked.  It has also been recently operating near Rockhampton while flying out of Bundaberg and Maryborough Airports.  

Townsville Flight Training Cessna 182 VH-ONH was spotted - looks like it has had a 'facelift' since it was last seen!

Proserpine-based Piper PA-34-200T Seneca VH-HKQ was parked.

Along with Victorian-registered Beech F33A Bonanza VH-SIQ.

While Bundaberg-based Beech E33 Bonanza VH-FWV was spotted parked at Mackay Airport on Sunday 13 July.

And RCS Aviation (James Cook University - Townsville) Ted Smith Aerostar 601P VH-KWP was spotted parked at Mackay Airport back on Thursday 24 June.

Sincere thanks to local plane spotter 'JM' for taking the to capture and send through these great photos from Mackay Airport!

Photos taken by Tony Haynes and 'JM'  ©